Many gardeners fertilize their lawns in spring. While it's not exactly wrong, you may see greater benefits from feeding your ...

Trimming your fruit trees at the wrong time can reduce the tree's total fruit production, its tolerance for cold weather, and ...

Boxwood shrubs, Buxus sempervirens, have long held a top spot for home landscapes due to their beautiful shape and vibrant, deep evergreen leaves. They're easy to care for as long as you provide the ...

Aim to fertilize fruit trees in spring or early summer. This timing allows the trees to absorb nutrients they can use for new growth and fruit production, says Lauren St. Germain Kidd, the owner of ...

I do believe the blast of cold air that came through the area the last few nights finally put our landscape plants to rest for the winter. At least we shouldn't have to worry about mowing the lawn ...

This summer, it seems there has been more crabgrass than usual in lawns, even in more established areas of lawns. This annual weedy grass seeds readily in the fall and colonizes bare areas in the ...

Just because autumn begins in a few short weeks, there’s no reason to stop gardening and improving your home and landscape. Autumn is the best time to plant new trees in the landscape and to improve ...

The best time to add fertilizer to your lawn in the fall is during the month of September, unless you live in the southern third of the U.S. That's because the northern two-thirds of the U.S. is home ...

I read that fall is the best time to fertilize your lawn. My lawn looks good right now. Is it really necessary?

If you want to increase the size of your young trees, shrubs and vines, now is the time to do it with a season-starter application of fertilizer. By applying fertilizer high in nitrogen just before ...

Question: I read that fall is the best time to fertilize your lawn. My lawn looks good right now. Is it really necessary? Answer: I normally fertilize my lawn just twice a year. I consider the fall ...

About This Episode A reader struggles with wild petunias. Plus, the tip of the week. Question Of The Week "We have a wooded ...