My neighbor starts planting his vegetable garden a month before I do. I’m worried about frost if I plant too early. What do you recommend?

Get pruning. Most deciduous trees and shrubs (those that lose their leaves in autumn), including fruit trees, should be pruned before they emerge from dormancy. But hold off on pruning spring bloomers ...

The middle of March is the time to start growing cool season crops such as peas, sweet peas, lettuce, radishes, cabbage, kale ...

St. Patrick’s Day for gardeners is considered the beginning of the vegetable planting season. Irish potatoes can be planted now. Asparagus and rhubarb are the two perennial vegetables to get ...

Get pruning. Most deciduous trees and shrubs (those that lose their leaves in autumn), including fruit trees, should be ...

Toni Farmer, Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, provides tips on planting peas, which can ...

Few flowers are as nostalgic and charming as ornamental sweet peas, Lathyrus odoratus. Their delicate petals, ruffled blooms, and intoxicating fragrance evoke memories of cottage gardens, ...

Peas have a short period to grow. They only thrive in cool weather and fail in summer heat. They need to be planted in March; May is too late. Soak the peas overnight before planting. Plant them an ...

Spring is the season of growth, and officially begins in late March. If you're excited to start planting, here's a great cool ...

An unexpected move by a landlord has a Reddit renter suddenly questioning the safety of their pesticide-free garden.

From soil testing to seed-saving, members of the Penn State Extension Master Gardener program are preparing to guide ...

When his in-house variable-rate program was no longer effective enough, this farmer found a local program that went deeper on ...