Once you bring your bulbs home, choose a well-drained bed that is sunny in the winter and early spring. Full sun is ...

Like yours, my mailbox has a season. Starting in August, the typical garden catalogs are weighted down by winter clothing glossies. The gift season arrives to build the biceps of my mail lady, who ...

When the heat goes up, the vegetable garden can go down if gardeners aren’t ready for Pennsylvania’s increasingly sizzling summers. Soil dries faster as temperatures rise, and the heat of 90-degree ...

HOLYOKE — No need to weed through garden catalogs. The Preservation Trust‘s Garden Tour on Saturday offered guests an opportunity to walk through landscaped gardens, pick blueberries at a blueberry ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Not all gardeners are blessed with full-sun sites that the veggie-gardening books all recommend as the place to grow edibles. Six hours of direct sunlight per day is the rule of thumb. But if you ...

Recent warmer weather has brought about the familiar spring itch for gardeners to get started gardening. Some have been busy starting seeds indoors, many have looked through their gardening catalogs ...

Shivering as you get your daily mail, you may just be rewarded with a sure sign of spring – garden catalogs. Chances are, if you get one, you’ll get many. Like a breath of fresh air, these beautiful ...

Q: This time of year I start getting gardening catalogs galore in my mailbox. I enjoy reading through them, looking and drooling over pictures of beautiful vegetables and reading descriptions of them.

Winter is a great time for planning improvements to your garden with seed, bulb and nursery catalogs arriving in the mail. There are many temptations in these catalogs, so focus on choosing plants ...

The Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Centre County are pleased to continue Bill Lamont’s column in gratitude for his contributions to our program and our community. Have a home gardening ...

What does a gardener do in the dead of winter? Besides dreaming of spring with a little more horticultural enthusiasm than others, gardeners may browse seed catalogs, go to gardening seminars and ...