Class! Pay Attention. Today we’re going to take a test. But don’t worry, it’s an easy test and I’m sure you’ll all pass. There are a number of things that we do in our yard: we fertilize it, we apply lime, we plant new trees and shrubs and we do it without taking a soil [...]

So you’ve got a bare spot in your back lawn? What are you going to do? You’ve tried everything. You’ve over seeded, you’ve watered it, you’ve pruned the trees to let in more light. But the fact is that it’s just too shady, and it’s just too steep, and the soil is too clayey to [...]

Today, I’d like to show you how to start your own seeds for the vegetable garden. Whether it’s tomatoes or broccoli, whether you’re doing it to save a little money or to preserve an antique variety that you’re very fond of and can’t find in the store, the process is the same. You want to [...]

Ornamental grasses. Simply put — they’re grasses that you do not mow. That doesn’t mean that some of us have whole lawns full of ornamental grasses. This is a Miscanthus sinesis ‘Morning Light.’ It grows three to four feet tall, green and white variegated leaves. And now in the spring, just as the new growth [...]

It’s been my experience that you either really like asparagus or you really don’t. For those of you that don’t, give it a second chance. For those of you who do, try growing it in your own yard. Pick a spot in your garden that you’ll never till again because asparagus is a perennial plant. [...]

So you’ve decided to plant a window box. Let me show you a method I call the three-layered approach. Start with a cascading plant. One that will hang down over the edges, as your centerpiece. This is a new variety of petunia called pink waves. To complete the first layer, the cascading layer, we’re going [...]

One of the ways to make gardening fun is to make it easy. Now sometimes you’re doing a job that ought to be easy but for some reason it isn’t. And it’s backbreaking, tedious, or boring work. Here’s a case in point. You’ve got a steel rake and you’re trying to rake some twigs and [...]

I like feeding birds. But I don’t really like feeding all the birds so I got this really nifty bird feeder. If a bird is too light he can’t get into the seed and if he’s too heavy he can’t get into the seed. If he weighs just the right amount, like a Cardinal, he [...]

Hanging baskets are a good idea. They add a lot of color to your home. But most of the ones you buy are grown in a peat moss-based potting soil and they may not live at your house as long as one that you pot up yourself. The reason is that a peat-base potting soil [...]

If you’ve done any gardening at all you’ve been down on your hands and knees. In fact, you’ve been down in your back. Well, here’s a great way to avoid some of that: It’s a one-legged stool and today I want to show you how to make one cheap and simple. Now, in order to [...]

Oh, roses! I love the smell of roses! Roses are beautiful, and in fact, many gardeners really are big fans of roses! I’m not — roses take too much care, and basically, I am kind of a lazy gardener. The fact of the matter is if you don’t lavish a great deal of care on [...]