Composting is an easy and impactful way to reduce household waste, recycle organic materials, and enrich soil, while also preventing greenhouse gas emissions and conserving water.

To construct and enjoy productive raised garden beds that are easy to maintain, avoid these mistakes around placement, ...

Summer may be ending, but your garden doesn’t have to! Here are simple ways to extend the season and what to plant now for a ...

Fall is a great time to improve your soil for next year’s garden. Many of the resources needed are readily available and many are free at this time of the year.

Move the vulnerable plants to slightly more shaded areas and replace them with plants known to shrug off drought without watering. Echinops, eryngium, hylotelephium (Sedum), lavender, nepeta and ...

Leaves begin to pile up on the lawn in the fall. Here's why it's not a good for your turf, why you should rake regularly ,and what to do with all those leaves.

Every spring, I empty the enclosures holding “finished” compost and spread that compost over vegetable plots prior to ...

Coriander, or cilantro, is a versatile herb that grows well in small spaces, making it perfect for urban courtyards ...

Planting season runs from September through November, which means now is the perfect time to get bulbs in the ground before ...

Heavy rains can lead to waterlogged soil, which suffocates plant roots and can cause root rot. Start by loosening compacted soil with a garden fork or tiller to improve aeration. Adding organic matter ...

This is always a bittersweet time of the year for me. Gardening is one of my favorite activities during the summer, but in my ...

Flowering kale or cabbage – Another very popular fall plant in these parts, these richly coloured foliage plants (and yes, ...