If the wait for bulbs to bloom in spring seems excruciatingly long, you can pot some up now and enjoy a floriferous winter indoors. Gardeners are constantly gaming the system, using fertilizers to force plants to direct energy toward more blooms, more fruit or faster growth; starting seeds ...
It’s September, and I still haven’t harvested a single red tomato. The beets are still grape-size and, so far, my four plants have produced only two zucchini. But the green beans? They’re suddenly coming in faster than I can eat them. I’ve blanched and frozen several bags for fall ...
FAMILY FEATURES — The beauty of having a garden is buds continually blooming on one plant or another throughout most of the year. While this provides lovely views from your windows, it can also be nice to bring some beauty indoors. Don’t be afraid to snip off a few blossoms each week. ...
Trees are much more than attractive components of a landscape. They provide numerous other benefits which we sometimes overlook or take for granted. Let’s consider some of the ways humans and other living creatures, as well as the environment as a whole, benefit from trees. Shade One of ...
METRO — As summer winds down, long stretches of sunlight are dwindling and cooler temperatures are on the horizon. Gardening enthusiasts may wonder how they can manage their backyard gardens as the peak growing season comes to a close. People may not be eager to do much in their gardens ...
BERLIN (AP) — In a secluded lot next to a former gasworks in suburban Berlin, Martin Rotzel is breathing new life into a tradition of centuries past: the monastery garden. Rotzel’s Monk Garden is home to between 150 and 200 types of herbs, leaves and trees including many that are ...
