As the leaves fall and temperatures drop, you may wonder how to winterize raised garden beds that you have used to grow ...

Smart gardeners spend the winter assessing the wins and losses of the past season and using that as the basis to plan next ...

New plantings of all species require careful watering by hand for their first couple of years. That means the hose and a ...

Fallen leaves make a fine mulch for garden beds and trees and shrubs, but they aren’t the only possibility. “Any kind of organic matter can make a good mulch,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge ...

The 2025 UMass Garden Calendar comes out every fall, just as we are putting our gardens to bed for the winter. As always, the ...

It’s that time of year, when there are more leaves on the ground than on the trees and the cold mornings and evenings remind ...

So it’s time to say out with the old — in this case, warm-season bedding plants — and in with some new plants that are suited for the cool season. November is the perfect time to make this switch in ...

The mild weather favours flowery Novembers but destructive animals are out in force. Plants that resist attack are the way to ...

This is the time of year that the weather finally relaxes a bit. The days are shorter and cooler, the rain begins to fall and ...

Flowering perennials, annuals, and bulbs woven around roses not only reduce the reliance on chemical intervention but also ...

This may be a little-known fact, but fall is the key planting time for a beautiful garden. It's also the key time to give ...

NOW that summer is well and truly behind us, you may think that it is time to hang up your gardening gloves for the year. But ...