What's new, what's growing, what we're learning. Updates, guides and stories for people who take their garden seriously.
Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries: almost any berry thrives in a pot. How to choose substrate and pot size, water lime-free and protect the roots in winter.
An edible hedge is screen, harvest and habitat in one. How to choose the shrubs, stagger them by ripening time and harvest from May to October.
Fungus-resistant PIWI table grapes ripen sweet on a warm south wall even here, entirely without spraying. How to choose variety and site and prune the vine right.
The serviceberry offers four seasons of beauty plus blueberry-sweet fruit. An easy-care, robust shrub for any garden and the edible hedge.
Sea buckthorn is dioecious: only female shrubs bear the vitamin-rich berries, and only with a male nearby. How to get site, pollination and harvest right.
The cornelian cherry blooms golden-yellow as early as February, the first bee forage of the year. In autumn tart red fruits ripen for jelly, syrup and liqueur.
Start marigold, zinnia and cosmos on the windowsill from March so your summer flowers bloom earlier. Bright and not too warm, out only after the Ice Saints.
Dahlias, gladioli and lilies go into the ground only after the last frosts. How to set summer tubers right and stake them from the start.
Prairie perennials like coneflower and purple coneflower defy heat and drought. How to plant them poor, sunny and stake-free the right way.
