Gardening

August is a month when gardeners should think about two important aspects of landscape maintenance—fertilizing and pruning. August is the last month in the summer growing season to fertilize hardy …

The Dog Days of August have arrived. Daytime temperatures have danced around the mid-nineties mark during the last week of July so there is no need to remind you that …

Rain lilies are about as low maintenance as any perennial can get. I would recommend rain lilies to any gardener wanting to turn a brown thumb into a green thumb. …

Question: I am harvesting dozens of figs, but the birds are harvesting even more! How can I beat the bird’s pecking the fruit? Answer: The fig harvesting season is in …

Last fall, Kevin Lancon, a good friend as well as a Master Gardener volunteer, asked me what I thought about a banana cultivar known as ‘Ice Cream.’ Kevin wanted to …

 Lilies are one of the most recognizable of all summer garden flowers. With their large, bright flowers there are dozens of varieties that offer color, elegance, fragrance to any type …

Q: The trunk of my pecan tree has several horizontal layers of numerous holes with each layer spaced an inch or two apart with the holes in each layer being …

The last days of June ended with an abundance of rainfall and surprisingly cooler temperatures. July has arrived and that means that the year is about half over and the days …

Gardening is an engaging hobby that can provide a host of benefits, some of which may surprise even the most devoted gardeners. For example, the Harvard Medical School notes that …