It's official: This summer is shaping up to be another record-breaker for rising temperatures. Heat waves have already swept through much of the United States, bringing with them intense UV rays and ...

A carefully chosen shade sail can be the focal point of your garden. While parasols are great for covering bistro sets and ...

April 16, 2016 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Want to protect your plants from bugs and other garden pests? This is an easy DIY solution involving a few hula ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. When ...

A few weeks ago, Mother Earth’s intrepid editor-in-chief, Cheryl Long, told me about a study from Kansas State University in which good quality organic lettuce was successfully grown in high tunnels ...

Broccoli is one of the plants that tends to bolt and get bitter in the heat of summer. Shade cloth can help Courtesy Johnson County Extension Though the onset of summer often brings the most ...

Brian Blake often lectures desert gardeners about watering deeply rather than frequently. But on weeks of intense heat like this one, he says, most rules go out the window. "When it gets to 110 ...

Everyone is looking for some backyard shade these days, and the latest sun protection is a tensioned fabric canopy called a shade sail. Versions of these canopies originated in the 1990s in Australia ...

But those of us who live beneath big trees must learn to garden beneath those branches if we want refreshing shade as well as a colorful, textured garden. Before you head to the nursery, study your ...