A gardening expert has explained the seven important steps that will head to a bumper crop of vegetables this year.

This humble ingredient sitting in your pantry is one of the easiest ways to deter flies from your indoor plants ...

Stop slugs and snails from chewing on your garden. Learn how to get rid of slugs and snails for good. Plus, get tips to ...

This week's column addresses when to pinch back annual and perennial flowers, characteristics of a good potting mix and ...

As a group, succulents are easy to care for because they are drought-tolerant. They need water, but not it as often as do ...

As interest in using native plants increases, more home gardeners might be interested in starting perennial plants from seed. Native plants can be difficult to find in garden centers and ...

Gardening is a learning process ... can be made with equal parts of compost and topsoil, adding a bit of coarse sand. These components need to be sterilized before to avoid soil-borne pathogens.

Use a coarse, well-draining sand mix, or look for a mix made for succulents ... Last year, around Thanksgiving and Christmas, many of our local garden centers were selling Thanksgiving cacti ...