Gardening can be loads of fun, and eating fresh, ripe vegetables is an added bonus. Yet one thing any gardener can tell you: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Why do some plants grow better together? Some combinations work because the plants are mutually supporting—performing a task that ...

Starting a garden involves a lot of prep work before you can really get to the good stuff. Traditionally, you'll need to clear the ground of weeds and sod, then either til with a machine or dig the ...

I can't promise you won't break a sweat, especially in hot, humid climates, but "no dig" gardening is much easier than dragging out the shovel to turn the soil and get your garden ready for planting.

If you have one healthy, fairly large spider plant, there's nothing stopping you from cultivating several plants using this ...

An overarching goal for planting cover crops is to produce as much biomass as possible during the growing window. Higher levels of cover crop biomass will reduce soil erosion, inhibit weed growth, and ...

My fellow Master Gardener Gayle Nelson is having a love affair with her new cloner. A tray of 20 gardenia cuttings produced roots in 4 weeks. A cloner is a machine that uses hydroponic methods to ...

The latest garden trend is mimicking wild plant communities in structured and organized spaces, almost like a rebellion against perfect and uniformly spaced gardens. As people grow aware of the ...

Different cover crop application methods and timing of those applications were evaluated at Ivy Tech in Lafayette, IN. Cover crop treatments are highlighted from right to left which corresponds to ...