By National Gardening Association Editors
These simple maintenance tasks keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold-climate gardeners prepare for...more
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Cut asparagus stalks to the ground after the first heavy frost. In warmer areas, withhold watering to induce dormancy. Mark the location of the plants, and add 3 to 4 inches of mulch.
I cleaned out the vegetable garden at Henry's yesterday. It was a perfect day for gardening: breezy, sunny, and cool. These days I tend to perspire like a horse when I exert any kind of physical energy so it was an unexpected pleasure to be able to enjoy the gardening experience without sweat drippi ... [more]
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