The sun is shining, the birds are singing, it's June, and it's prime time for gardening! Whether growing season is in full swing in your region, or just getting started, gardening expert Melissa Strauss has ideas about what you can plant this month for a bounty of late summer flowers and veggies.
Temperatures are warming, bees are buzzing, and the garden is growing! The month of June is perfect for harvesting, mowing, and watering. Check these nine tasks off your summer checklist to keep the garden blooming and flourishing.
Plant hardiness zones help determine how long your growing season is and which plants you can grow. Put simply, it’s an average of the lowest temperatures during the year. Though it’s a helpful metric, there’s a lot that a hardiness zone doesn’t tell you!
Chickens need a varied diet to produce the healthiest eggs and keep their fine feathers looking healthy. Chicken mama Melissa Strauss has some plants you can grow for your birds to snack on.
On May 20th, we observe and celebrate the role that bees play in our ecosystem and in our gardens. Join pollinator enthusiast Melissa Strauss to discuss some of the things that may be harming bees in your garden, and how you can turn it around to benefit these helpful insects.
Memorial Day is a nice time to spend in reflection and gratitude for the freedom to spend our time in the ways that we enjoy. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for some projects you can do this holiday to take the garden from spring to summer seamlessly.
Keeping a beehive may seem beneficial for the environment, but is it? Local, native bee populations are in decline, while non-native honeybees are thriving. Starting a pollinator garden may be a better way to help local bees.
Eggshells have some great uses in the garden, but there may be some misconceptions out there about how and when they are useful. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to discuss some mistakes that you can avoid when using eggshells in your flower beds.
While lily of the valley delights with fragrant little bell blooms in late spring, its aggressive spread and difficult control are less charming. Widely adaptable, the woodland wildflowers now span much of the Northeast, Northwest, and upper Central U.S., with the capacity to displace native plant communities. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores lily-of-the-valley alternatives to grace the woodland in their own ornamental and ecological style.
Summer brings tons of life to the garden, and it also brings hurricane season, which can be difficult to contend with. Florida gardener Melissa Strauss shares some tips on prepping your garden to withstand damage from a severe storm.
Moving seedlings from pots to the ground might not be as simple as you think! Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn some common transplanting mistakes and how to avoid them.
Succession planting is a simple way to expand the yields of our favorite fruits and vegetables. Knowing which crops to plant multiple rounds of for your growing area is the first step. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe delves into crops to succession plant this year to keep the harvest going all season.