Dandelion Health Benefits

Gardeners curse the ubiquitous dandelion and its pervasive nature. They pop up everywhere in spring and are

canada frost freeze freezing dates chart

Below is a chart showing Canada frost dates in the spring and fall for various Canadian cities. (Click here

Frost dates: last spring frost, first fall frost

Find average frost dates for your last spring frost and first fall frost If your town isn’t listed in the c

Plant Hardiness Zone Map U.S. USDA Agriculture Canada

Plant hardiness zones help gardeners understand which plants will most likely survive at a location. It

Full Moon for April 2016

Photo by Thinkstock Celebrate the Full Moon of April—also called the Pink Moon. Enjoy the fa

Vegetable Seedling Pictures and Identification

When plants are very young and just tiny seedlings, many people find that it’s hard to tell the seedlings f

Beets: Health Benefits

The humble beet, steamed, boiled, roasted, pickled, borscht’ed—but especially served raw—is nutritious and

Raspberries: Health Benefits

Raspberries are a delicious power food prized for the vitamins, fiber, and many health benefits they provid

Broccoli: Health Benefits

Broccoli has many health benefits that make it really good for you and your family, so even if you didn’t l

Leafy Greens: Health Benefits

Aside from supplying conventional nutrients, all leafy greens (especially the deeply colored ones) are rich

Basil Varieties for the Garden

Every spring we plant about a dozen different varieties of basil but I’m told there are over 150 species to

Cooperative Extension Services

Contact your local state cooperative extension Web site to get help with tricky insect problems, best varie

Best Crabapples for Your Yard

Everyday I pass a roadside row of old crabapples on my way to work. They are beautiful trees in all seasons

critter-proof plants pest-resistant garden perennials annuals

Lavender photo by Pixabay For the last ten days, spring has played tag with winter here, and

Plant a Cutting Garden of Flowers

Robin Sweetser If you’re like me and can never have too many flowers, now is the time to pla

Best Rhubarb Recipes

Photo by: RhubarbFarmer via Wikimedia Commons Ready for rhubarb recipes? We love a good rhub

Back to the Garden

I count among my greatest achievements the fact that I’ve eaten something from the hillside garden behind m

flower garden designs flowers three-season bed

Photo by Thinkstock Imagine a gorgeous garden drenched with color from early spring to the f

Growing Cherry Tomatoes

One of the joys of summer is standing in the garden eating sun-warmed cherry tomatoes right off the vine. These succulent, bite-sized jewels concentrate all the flavor of a full sized tomato into a package that

Growing Melons in the Garden

This is such a hopeful time in my garden. Nothing has gone wrong yet, no bugs have attacked and no weird we