Q:How soon can I put in some of my vegetable seeds? How soon can my transplants that I have been growing go in? My tomatoes are already so tall that they are falling over. How do I handle that one? A: ...

The first thing I do in the morning is check the local temperature to see if spring is really on its way. According to the weekly forecast, by the time you read this column the temperatures in ...

It is easy to get excited about planting vegetable seeds and transplants in the vegetable garden, even when it is too early to plant. This frustration is one of the most common comments that I receive ...

Weeks of cold temperatures and rain have unsettled the gardening season. You may be raring to get your garden planted – but hold on. Sowing seed or planting seedlings at the wrong time will bring ...

Plants and animals that survive heat waves experience serious stress. Drought conditions, which make heat waves even hotter, worsen the burden on both plants and animals. Last week's column described ...

Q. How early can I get out into the garden to weed mulch and plant? A. As always, the answer when it comes to gardening is, “It depends.” I always consider March as a transition month between winter ...