7 of the best trees to plant bare-root right now ...

Large plants such as cucumbers, squash, and tomatoes require trellis support in the back of your garden, while smaller ...

With the current chill in the air, I started thinking about planting more root vegetables. They grow well in our cool winter months and are delicious singly both hot and cold or combined as ...

Homegrown carrots are a sweet, crunchy, and fresh addition to your vegetable garden.

Culver’s root is a tall, stately plant that bears long spikes of densely clustered flowers for several weeks in midsummer. Dark green lance-shaped leaves whorl around stems that bear white, lavender, ...

FEBRUARY IS NOW nearly over and nurseries are flush with bare-root items. Look at how the grass is greening up and growing. See how the bulbs are emerging and blooming. Notice the buds are swelling on ...

We admire our beautiful trees, but often neglect the sizable part of the tree that is hidden underground. Roots anchor a tree and provide the mechanism to take in water, oxygen, and nutrients. They ...

Like the tiny seedlings in the greenhouse at the CamelBackyard Community Food Hub, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Phoenix’s New Roots Farm Stand has a lot of potential. Hameed Algezafee ...

SO GROUNDHOG DAY has come and gone. One thing I know for sure is that regardless of whether Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, here on the Peninsula, we never have winter. Look at how the grass is ...

The roots of plants can do a lot of things: They grow in length to reach water, they can bend to circumvent stones, and they form fine root hairs enabling them to absorb more nutrients from the soil.