Gardener's Greenroom

You’ve decided to add some vertical elements to your garden. It’s a great way to step up your design and enhance your garden experience. But you’d like something different. Some perennials and annuals are classic trellis or arbor choices, like...

All summer long, you peeked under the leaves, watching them get bigger and bigger. As summer drew to a close, they turned colors, wonderful blues, tans, oranges, and deepest greens. The first light frost came, and the vines withered, revealing...

You’ve cared for your young flowering crabapple all spring, summer, and fall. But failing to protect it in winter could be a fatal mistake for your tree or shrub. Rabbits, deer, mice, and other rodents are eyeing your woody shrubs...

Key Takeaways The best gardening gifts combine practicality and personalization, think premium seed collections, stylish planters, and ergonomic tools. Personalized items, such as engraved garden markers or custom pots, add a meaningful touch that gardeners treasure. Eco-friendly options such as...

In this day of screens, podcasts, social media, and video, I still find a good gardening book to be both enjoyable and a valuable resource. Many of us garden because we want to connect with the soil and nature. That...

How long would it take you to count to a million? How about 100 million? No cheating, counting by ten or one hundred at a time. When we hear huge numbers mentioned, we might think of stars, but for gardeners,...

Key Takeaways: Collect seeds from your healthiest, best-tasting tomatoes to preserve unique flavors and strong genetics. Fermenting removes the gel coating and helps prevent disease, producing clean, viable seeds. Let seeds dry completely to extend their lifespan and ensure successful...

Put away your tools, my mother would remind me when I was done helping her in the garden. Keeping tools properly stored is part of good garden tool maintenance, but there are a few more tasks to keep our gardening...

I have a half dozen cute little notebooks, all with the purpose of becoming a garden journal. This year, I'll finally keep good notes, I promise myself. I'll make entries about what I planted, when I planted it, how I...