Gardening

Five Tips for Successful Container Gardening By Angelina Demiroska Gardening is rewarding, but not everyone has the yard space needed for traditional garden beds. Container gardening offers a flexible and accessible alternative, allowing plants to thrive on patios, balconies, and small urban spaces. Because containers create a unique growing environment, however, they require slightly different care than plants grown in the ground. The following five tips can help your container plants stay healthy and productive. 1. Pay attention to air,…

Putting Your Garden to Bed for Winter By Cynthia Welte Is your garden ready for winter? Work you do now will lay groundwork for your garden next year. Much like returning from vacation to a clean home, starting spring in a prepped garden gives you energy and makes the work more pleasant. (Plus, it’s nice to look out at a tidy garden over the gray winter months.) There are a few simple tasks that you can do now to protect…