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.
It’s not too late to sow seeds! September is a great month to think about cool-weather crops, like leafy greens and root vegetables. Sow these 11 seeds now for a successful harvest in the fall and winter.
As our garden tasks begin to mellow in fall, we can turn to the resourceful role of collecting and storing seeds from our most valuable performers. With seeds from the best of the best, we have strong plants tailored to our specific growing conditions. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines seeds to collect and store in the fall for seasons of returns.
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.
Spring is the time we typically associate with gardening. With its bounty of flowers and fruits, it's not hard to understand why. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss explains why September, the early fall, is actually the ideal time for significant gardening.
Don’t let your homegrown produce go to waste! There is a myriad of options for preserving fruits and vegetables. Which one works best for you depends on what you’re growing and your taste preferences. Seasoned gardener Jerad Bryant covers it all, from canning and fermenting to freezing and infusing.
Converting annual beds to cover crops helps protect the soil and enrich it for spring plantings. Farmer Briana Yablonski shares how to flip beds from annual flowers or veggies to a lush cover crop.
Don’t just plant seeds once and forget them. Succession plant, instead! Succession planting, or repeat planting, helps growers get multiple harvests from the garden. Take advantage of the seasons by growing as many crops as possible before the first frost in the fall.
After you plant your broccoli, sow your carrots, and spend months tending to your fall vegetables, knowing when to harvest is important. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn when to harvest fall vegetables.
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.