You should wear gloves any time you work in the garden, advises the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Proper gloves reduce blisters, protect skin from fertilizer...
Spending time in the backyard with family and friends is one of the great American pastimes. However, it really is important to make sure that your backyard is safe for ...
Most people think of tulips and daffodils as the top flowers grown from bulbs. But there are many others, and most of them bear flowers during the summer months.
The mos...
QUESTION: My daughter wants to buy a peach tree. Must she buy two to successfully get peaches, and how many years before they would produce peaches?
ANSWER: The grea...
Each plant has unique traits
UNION SPRINGS, Ala. - Regional differences and hundreds of varieties make the tomato the number one vegetable plant grown by gardeners, but w...
No pain, no gain?
No way.
Gardening is great exercise, but it doesn't have to hurt, said Pat Owen, a horticultural therapist at Cleveland (Ohio) Botanical Garden. "I kno...
QUESTION: I have a hole in one of my window screens that is letting the bugs in. Is it easy to patch, or do I have to buy a whole new screen?
ANSWER: Screens are eas...
Taxes likely remain same
In the past three years, the homes in our neck of the woods have more than doubled in price. Some subdivisions are holding lotteries where 400 pe...
Colorful plant fast growing
You read about all sorts of plant enthusiasts claiming that certain flowers are the Queen of Flowers. To a rose lover it's the rose, to a came...
While there are dozens of annual flowers that bloom in the sun, there are very few that bloom in the shade. The shade gardener is often limited in his/her search for pla...
