Ask a Master Gardener
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Ask a Master Gardener: How to share your yard with nature
Your home landscape can be an amazing opportunity to collaborate with nature. With thoughtful plant choices, you can invite more biodiversity into your yard.
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Ask a Master Gardener: How to garden in a cold frame
Get a jump start on the growing season by adding a cold frame to your garden. A cold frame allows you to start some plants two to four…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Is it too late to prune fruit trees?
This time of year, when plants are normally in their dormant stage, usually finds gardeners conducting late-winter pruning of apple and other fruit trees.
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Ask a Master Gardener: What exactly is vanilla?
Most of us recognize that little brown bottle on the spice shelf that imparts a wonderful fragrance and flavor to baked goods and beverages. It’s a staple in…
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Ask a Master Gardener: How to attract bluebirds
Spring is just around the corner. With its arrival, bluebirds will be returning north from their winter migration to the southeastern United States and Mexico. If you’re lucky,…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Cold frames as season extenders
Cold frames allow for the early planting of spring vegetables such as lettuce, radishes, carrots and cabbage by protecting them from frost and cold temperatures at the beginning…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Winter survival tips for gardeners
Gazing out your window on a wintry day, you might think that springtime is a distant prospect, but there are many activities you can do this winter to…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Growing your own perennials
Many gardeners start vegetables, annual flowers and herbs from seeds, either indoors or directly in the garden. However, have you ever considered growing your own perennials from seed?
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Ask a Master Gardener: Valentine’s Day flowers
Valentine’s Day is the perfect opportunity to show those we care for just how much they mean to us. Often, that means a gift of flowers. Throughout history…
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Ask a Master Gardener: Get ahead by planting seeds indoors
The holidays are over, and we find ourselves in the cold, dark days of mid-winter. As a gardener, you may feel that the planting season is so far…