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This Old House
Marjorie E. Gage |
Reining in Water Use Ground rules for creating a lush yard that doesn't squander the available supply of H2O.   |
| National Gardening |
Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. |
This Old House
Jeanne Huber |
Back to Nature The greenest approach to landscaping returns a yard to its roots. |
| National Gardening |
Planning a Low-Maintenance Landscape Landscapes that require minimum time and money to maintain require thoughtful planning and installation. So invest early in planning and structures, and you'll pay (and work) less later. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2006
Joe Provey |
Lawn Irrigation Gets Smarter With water costs rising across the country, new controls are valuable in reducing wasted water, making plants healthier and saving money. |
This Old House
Roger Cook |
Smart Sprinkling When the skies are cloudless and the days are hot and long, you can help your lawn and garden survive by watering wisely |
| National Gardening |
Corn Care Corn doesn't need any more attention than other garden vegetables, but it's a crop that can take up a fair amount of time if you plant a lot. Make it easier by combining tasks. |
This Old House
August 2007
Jeanne Huber |
11 Ways to Save Water, Time, and Money on Your Landscape Advice for conserving water, time, and money on your yard and garden. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Money Does Grow on Trees Ever wonder what your trees, shrubs, and landscape features are really worth if you had to replace them? The Horticultural Asset Management Company can help you put a dollar figure on your landscaping. |
| National Gardening |
Preventing Rose Diseases It's no surprise that roses are among the most popular ornamental garden plants: they're beautiful, fragrant, and easy to grow in most climates. |
This Old House
Lynn Ocone |
Say Good-bye to Weeds Think it's an overstatement to call it the war against weeds? Here's what you're up against... |
Fast Company
September 1, 2007
Jennifer Boulden |
The Green, Green Grass Of Home Step outside and discover how to make your grass greener -- without chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and a gazillion gallons of water. |
| National Gardening |
Caring for Potatoes Caring for potatoes requires proper watering, cultivating and hilling. |
This Old House
October 11, 2000
Lynn Ocone |
Improving the View From the Curb An attractive front yard improves the look of your home and makes visitors feel welcome... |
This Old House
Stephanie Hubbard |
Yard Work The author, who's a landscape designer, picks the proper plants for Billerica's tough New England climate. |
National Gardening
Eliot Tozer |
A Gardener's Guide to Frost How to predict when it's coming and what to do about it... |
| National Gardening |
Blossom End Rot Blossom End Rot (BER) is a physiological disorder of tomatoes, peppers, and cucurbits caused by a calcium imbalance within the plant. The result is a water-soaked spot at the blossom end of the plant that enlarges, turning dark brown and leathery. |
This Old House
February 2, 2001
Warren Schultz |
Getting the Best Deal on Plants Your guide to buying plants for the upcoming growing season... |
This Old House
July 29, 2015 |
6 Questions for Roger Cook This Old House landscape contractor since 1982, Roger Cook talks landscaping trends, project challenges, his favorite plants, and more. |
This Old House
Sal Vaglica |
The Smartest Irrigation Controller You Can Buy The Eve smart controller aims to make irrigation both easier and smarter, and my sprinklers could use a boost of both. |
National Gardening
Warren Schultz |
Building Great Soil Soil is the most important factor in successful gardening. Here are tips on evaluating and improving your soil. |
| National Gardening |
Planting Strawberries Strawberries will do best in soil that has been thoroughly prepared. If your future strawberry bed was plowed last year, you're ahead of the game. |
| National Gardening |
Getting Started With Perennials First, we dispel a common myth: You don't need to be an expert gardener to grow perennials. Then we answer a few common questions about perennials. |
| This Old House |
Winter Plant Tip: Buy Ugly Dormant bare-root plants make for a wise cold-weather purchase. |
AskMen.com
Jasper Anson |
Landscape Upgrades Attention to landscaping details can add value to your property. |
National Gardening
June 2000
William Bryant Logan |
Helping Plants to Help Themselves Mycorrhizal fungi promote plant growth and reduce fertilizer dependence |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Prevent Defense Take plant environments into account before performing preventive maintenance. |
| National Gardening |
Fruit Tree Site Selection Of primary importance when choosing a planting site for you fruit tree is that it receives as much sun as possible. |
| National Gardening |
Planting and Care of Annual Flowers When it comes to cut flowers, it's hard to beat annuals for their sheer production and ease of growing. |
Food Processing
September 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Why hasn't predictive maintenance developed faster in food & beverage plant operations? A look at the factors that must be present for a plant to have sufficient benefit from predictive maintenance to justify the investment in measurement equipment. |
Inc.
July 2009
Nicole Marie Richardson |
Innovation: A New Method of Irrigation Absorbent Technologies creates Zeba, an agricultural superabsorbent that absorbs and releases water in soil. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2009 |
How to Build and Install Raised Garden Beds These controlled experiments in plant parenthood are so easy, in fact, that they're also well-suited to novices picking up a shovel for the first time. |
This Old House
Roger Cook |
Gardening by the Sea The author shares tips on growing a healthy and beautiful seaside garden. |
This Old House
Keith Pandolfi |
Green Acres How to break your lawn's addition to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. |
| Garden Gate |
Summer Escape: Planting Beneath Shade Trees If you've ever tried to grow a garden under a tree, you know that your plants have to compete with the tree's roots for space, water and nutrients. Here are some tips that can make growing a garden under a tree easier. |
This Old House
March 27, 2001
Lynn Ocone |
Growing Perfect Tomatoes Treat yourself to one of the true pleasures of summer: your own homegrown tomatoes fresh from the vine... |
National Gardening
Robert Kourik |
Gardening Fact or Fallacy? Though plants, soils and weather conditions are always evolving, it seems as if some gardening practices become embedded like fossils. |
| National Gardening |
Maintaining Container Gardens These simple maintenance tasks will keep keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold-climate gardeners prepare for winter. |
This Old House
Lynn Ocone |
Houseplants for People Who Can't Grow Houseplants No matter the color of your thumb, this guide will help you select and care for plants that will thrive. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Arsenic-Eating Fern Researchers at Edenspace Systems, a leader in phytoextraction -- using plants to extract poisonous chemicals, such as arsenic, lead, and uranium from the soil -- have found a plant that loves sucking arsenic out of the soil. |
National Gardening
Skip Richter |
Turn Leaves into Gold These golden leaves can be turned into "black gold" for the garden. They make great soil-enriching compost or a protective mulch. |
| National Gardening |
Soil Fertility 101 Just as a good foundation is necessary to support a building, good soil is necessary to build a successful garden. All soil is not alike. It differs in texture, fertility, and balance. |
National Gardening
Leonard Perry |
Best Perennials: The Midas Touch Just as King Midas in Greek mythology turned whatever he touched to gold, so cushion spurge can turn your landscape golden in early spring. |
| National Gardening |
Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try. |
| National Gardening |
Oriental Poppy Sporting huge, cup-shaped blooms in early summer, the Oriental poppy is the most striking of the perennial poppies, and the delicate, papery flowers belie the plant's hardiness and durability. But you should still heed these tips. |
This Old House
Josh Garskof |
Get Ready for Fall Now's the best time to spruce up your yard |
National Gardening
Patt Kasa |
Shop for Trees & Shrubs Years of experience have helped me hone my detective skills and I've developed an almost fool-proof method of choosing the healthiest specimens for my landscape. You can become a savvy shopper, too, by following these same guidelines. |
| National Gardening |
Maintaining a Vegetable Garden Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops. |
| National Gardening |
Establishing a Wildflower Meadow A how-to guide for planting a wildflower meadow. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Landscape Fabrics Try the easy way to a weed-free yard this summer. Landscape fabrics eliminate weed growth around trees and shrubs for years, saving the time and energy you'll spend weeding and spraying herbicides. |
