Before you head out to start picking out all of those big beautiful mums for fall decorating this year, there are a few simple secrets to know when buying that can help you really get the most out of your purchase – not just when it comes to how much you spend, but for how …

When it comes to growing big and flavorful onions in your home garden – planting your onion crop in the fall is the real secret to success! Although you can plant onions quite successfully in the spring, as it turns out, fall planting is actually one of the best and easiest ways to grow larger …

Did you know that what you do with your hydrangeas in late summer and early fall can not only have a big impact on their overall health, but also on just how well they perform next year – including whether they bloom or not? Hydrangeas are one of the most beautiful of all perennial shrubs. …

Wondering what to do with your daisies after they bloom in late summer? Daisies are certainly one of the most beautiful and popular late summer flowering perennials around. Along with black-eyed Susan and coneflower, daisies truly come to life in the late hot summer months when their blooms burst out in a mass of flowering …

Wondering how to stop your tomatoes from splitting and cracking as they ripen on your plants this summer? For a gardener, it can be all but defeating to see a beautiful crop of developing tomatoes suddenly begin to blister, crack and split. Not only does it make for an unsightly tomato, it also damages the …

Looking to save the seeds from your vegetable plants this year to plant and grow again next year? Saving vegetable seeds from your garden is one of the best ways to save big on your home gardening budget. But did you also know that it is one of the best ways to grow healthier plants …

When it comes to planting grass seed and getting it to take off and grow, there are two simple secrets that can make all the difference between a new lawn that struggles to survive, or one that fills in thick and fast with lush green grass! Whether filling a few bare spots in your lawn, …

Are you looking for a few safe, effective and simple ways to keep ants out of your house – and not have to spray or lay down questionable chemical products that can be scary to use around pets and children? Even though ants are tiny and mostly harmless, they can become quite a nuisance when …

Looking to create a compost pile this summer that heats up fast and makes great use of all of those vegetable and flower scraps coming from your garden, flowerbeds and kitchen? When it comes to finding an abundance of materials to build a compost pile, it doesn’t get any better than in the middle of …

Looking for a few safe and humane ways to keep groundhogs out of your garden – and from destroying your plants? Groundhogs can absolutely devastate a garden. In fact, a single groundhog is capable of consuming over a pound and a half of vegetation every day. Some of their garden favorites include berries, carrots, celery, …