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By KK & S Mason Topiary, from the Latin topiarius meaning a landscape gardener of topia or “places,” is the practice of training shrubbery and trees into shapes and forms. These fo ...

Oh, boy. Someone just lovingly brought you something in a shiny foil wrapper with a big bow. And it's so very pretty..............now. Well, you'll just look at the growing instructions on the tag.

By KK Do you like figs? A simple enough question, but if like many of us your only previous "fig experience" is a dried fruit cookie, you may not really know. A true fig aficionado wou ...

Having worked in a retail nursery’s tree lot for several years, I learned a few things about cut Christmas trees that might help you out: Freshness: Buying your tree later does not mean it&rsq ...

Between now and spring, nurseries, garden centers and online plant dealers will attempt to entice you with promises of filling your home with beautiful blooming plants to tide you over until the real ...

By KK Feeding wild birds in winter can aid their survival, in addition to providing humans with entertainment and a great learning opportunity for young and old alike. The presence of ...

Fragrant Annuals and Perennials  Few experiences rival the joy of strolling through a garden bursting with sweet scents that tantalize the senses. Fragrant plants add an extra dim ...

Few things are more satisfying than tending your garden and watching your hard work evolve into a vibrant harvest. Whether your harvest consists of edibles, cut flowers, or simply a v ...

By KK Properly cleaning, maintaining, and storing your garden tools is one of the simplest ways to save money, extend tool life, and make gardening safer and more enjoyable. Whether yo ...

With a small garden it’s always hard to decide what plants will make the cut. Originally, I chose perennials and a few smaller shrubs to create a happy bird habitat to complement my v ...

By KK Gardening certainly has evolved in recent years. Once upon a time, who cared whether we kept an arsenal of plant pharmaceuticals and fertilizers in the shed, how much water we us ...

Fall brings many changes to the garden. Some are particularly lovely, like the warm glow of the autumn sun highlighting nature’s new palette of ruby, copper and gold. Some are beneficial such as th ...

This spring, as I was posting to our Instagram account, I spied a photo so intriguingly beautiful I had to spend a few minutes really looking at it. That's kind of a rare thing these days, so I decid ...

In early fall, often the focus is on the high color potential of pumpkins, chrysanthemums, cool weather pansies and fall blooming perennials such as aster. Grasses, too, come into pla ...

Every year at this time our office seems to turn into a greenhouse as we fill our windows with those plants we just couldn't let go. The giant ruffled red coleus, the tender snail vin ...

Buzz Off, Skeeters!  Does it seem you need to spend your summer wrapped in protective netting whenever you go outdoors? Are you constantly slapping at those bothersome mosquitoes buzzing 'round ...