Plant bulbs like a pro: Why this bouquet planting trick works.

Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are a culinary staple, and for good reason. A tomato offers nearly 20% of your daily vitamin C allotment, as well as potassium and antioxidants like beta carotene.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Why do some plants grow better together? Some combinations work because the plants are mutually supporting—performing a task that ...

Starting a garden involves a lot of prep work before you can really get to the good stuff. Traditionally, you'll need to clear the ground of weeds and sod, then either til with a machine or dig the ...

It’s fun and rewarding to propagate your own plants. Plant propagation means creating new plants from existing ones. We use a variety of plant propagation methods, including planting seeds, rooting ...

Wendy Clapp shows off a budding Pacific ninebark in her backyard in Tacoma, Wash. Clapp started planting native species around her yard using the Miyawaki method of planting in October 2024. NPR is ...

An overarching goal for planting cover crops is to produce as much biomass as possible during the growing window. Higher levels of cover crop biomass will reduce soil erosion, inhibit weed growth, and ...

My fellow Master Gardener Gayle Nelson is having a love affair with her new cloner. A tray of 20 gardenia cuttings produced roots in 4 weeks. A cloner is a machine that uses hydroponic methods to ...