Rain gardens increase biodiversity while offering landscape solutions to challenging zones. They slow stormwater, improve infiltration, and filter pollutants, all while enhancing aesthetics. While sunken by design, there’s no reason to limit the interest to the horizontal. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores how to take the rain garden concept vertically for added applications and appeal.
September is prime for expanding pollinator support in our home landscapes. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores native selections to plant in September to boost pollinator value with the added appeal of high color and easy care.
To seamlessly weave the garden into daily life, take cues from an Italian nonna. The favorite grandmothers know what to grow, how to grow it, and what to do with the yield. For access to the most flavorful, freshest food, there’s much to learn. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in how to incorporate lessons from the Italian orto into our own kitchen gardens.
Fall is an important time to support wildlife in the garden. As insects and animals forage to store food for the winter, there are many ways to help them find what they need. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares some tips for rewilding your fall garden to support your local ecosystem.
Supporting our resident pollinators gets a boost with a pollinator hotel build. The simple structures, done correctly, provide safe shelter and nesting sites for essential insects like solitary bees. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines how to create an extended stay locale to support pollinators throughout the seasons.
Hugelkultur is a high-yielding permaculture method that builds soil using organic material and debris. Done correctly, it brings lasting results and a sustaining system for growing our favorite crops. Gardening expert Kaatheirne Rowe explores the merits of building our beds now with organic layering for robust growth in spring.
Corn, beans, and squash aren’t the only three crops that play well together in the garden! Many other trios complement each other’s growth habits. Join backyard gardener Jerad Bryant to discover five modern twists on the traditional Three Sisters garden of the Haudenosaunee, or “People of the Longhouse.”
Water is one of our most precious resources. Wasting it is a no-go! Take advantage of cool fall weather to make positive changes for the future. You’ll save water, help your garden, and boost your plants the next spring. Join longtime landscaper Jerad Bryant to learn these five water-smart landscaping adjustments.
Got an empty GreenStalk? Fill it with plants! It’s not too late to get a second harvest at the end of the season. Whether you like fragrant herbs, beautiful flowers, or productive vegetables, there are many options here for you. Join container gardener Jerad Bryant and learn what you can plant in your GreenStalk planter this fall.
Natural dyes are both creative and sustainable, and you can make many of them from things you grow in your fall garden. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss explains how to do it, and which materials make the colors we love.
If you have free-ranging chickens, you know that food can become scarce in the winter. Gardening and chicken owner Melissa Strauss shares what you can plant in the spring to keep your birds happy in the winter.
Even though we’re waving goodbye to summer, the thought of adding new perennials to the garden perks us right up. Depending on your climate, sowing native perennial seeds in September promotes overwintering until spring germination or developing roots before frost for winter survival. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores native seeds to plant in September for easy returns on our landscape’s valued performers.