There is still lots of choice for what to plant in August, despite it being a quieter 30 days in the gardener’s planting calendar. While you enjoy eating the fresh vegetables and fruits of your bumper summer harvest as you soak up the season’s sunshine, you can also be planning ahead for the particular crops and blooms that will see […]

No summer cookout is complete without a fresh potato salad. And no garden is complete without potato water, either. That’s right: The water you boiled your potatoes in is an excellent addition to your gardening regimen. (And it’s environmentally friendly in order to reuse the water instead of draining it down your kitchen sink. ) The reason? According to WebGardner. […]

If I remember anything from the many unsuccessful years of trying to learn French in school, the word for what many Alaska gardeners are feeling right now is “ennui. ” This simply means you are usually not feeling the excitement of gardening. I know you did when outdoor planting began. Gardening was all-consuming in late May and into June. I […]

Photo: istockphoto. com So , you missed the boat on starting your vegetable garden back in spring. Is it too late to plant a garden now that will be ready for harvest come fall or winter? Maybe not! Whether you’re hoping in order to start from scratch or squeeze in a second planting, there are some key things to keep […]

Several years ago, while transforming our sand dune into an organic garden, I introduced my husband to the concept of “beneficial detritus. ” “This, ” We said, pointing to decimated tumbleweeds and puncture vine. “You don’t want this in the garden. The seed heads will sprout. But this …” I gestured at poplar and mulberry leaves that had blown into […]

GNN Managing Editor, Andy Corbley, in his garden in Vergiate, Italy Welcome back to  Great Gardening ! In our Week 2 discussion thread, we wanted to find out what people were growing at this very moment. We took it to social media and shared photos … Brandi Lanai  took the plunge into fruit growing and bought the Dwarf lemon tree […]

Grab your iPhone: Andrew Brand wants to show you a side of your garden that you’ve never seen before (and how to photograph it). “Look at that caterpillar,” Andrew J. Brand said one afternoon, as we passed a hummocky old bottlebrush buckeye shrub in my garden. What caterpillar, I thought, quickly training my eyes in the direction of his gaze […]

For some people, gardening is their favorite pastime. Maybe they’re passionate about having pristine rose bushes or they are into container gardening with herbs and vegetables. And for others, yard work is quite possibly the worst way to spend a day (or, an entire weekend, because backyard projects always take longer than expected). Whichever camp you fall into, having the […]

There has been a strong interest in cultivating home gardens, especially those that grow meals, ever since the strict restrictions of the pandemic kept people at home for long periods. Many research studies have documented this trend and have even counted as benefits the stress relief, improved mood, and the feeling of connecting with nature that house gardeners get from […]

Chris Bonnett is the founder and CEO of Gardening Show Combating warmth stress plus keeping vegetation well irrigated is one of the biggest challenges for gardeners when temperatures race into the 30s and it’s no different here in the nursery. Here are my insider tips on how we do it. We’re lucky in that we have staff on site 24 […]