Winter is quickly approaching, and caring for your plants means knowing when to expect certain conditions. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to discuss the difference between your first frost date and first hard freeze.
Should you cover your garden beds? Covering insulates and warms the soil to encourage healthy crops during the cold months. It’s not always necessary, though, and some gardeners may choose not to cover their beds. See what you should do, and learn how to prepare your garden beds with backyard gardener Jerad Bryant.
Protecting the garden from fall frosts allows you to extend your season well into winter. You won’t have to lay the beds to rest, as you’ll have budding cabbages and leafy spinach, among other vegetables, to harvest. Use these late-season protection methods to keep your crops growing through the cold months.
October is an ideal month to collect native plant seeds. It's also a great time to replant them! Join Florida gardener Melissa Strauss to talk about some wonderful native plants you can collect from now for a thriving native garden next year.
As frosty weather sets in, it’s important to safeguard your most tender plants. Protect them now with a thick layer of mulch to keep their roots insulated and warm through the winter. Backyard gardener Jerad Bryant shares the 13 plants you should mulch now in the home garden.
Frost cloth is an invaluable tool in the winter garden. Use it to blanket your tender plants and protect them from light frosts and freezes. It’s amazing what a single layer of fabric can do! Join former nurseryman Jerad Bryant to discover how to protect the garden with this unique material.
October is a prime time to sow native seeds. Planting now mimics the natural habits of native plants, and lets the seasons create the perfect conditions for germination. Florida gardener Melissa Strauss shares some seeds you should definitely sow this month for a beautiful garden next year.
Creating a pollinator superhighway is a fun project and a great benefit to the environment. Join beekeeper and pollinator enthusiast Melissa Strauss for instructions on how to construct a pollinator superhighway in your garden.
Clean and pristine gardens leave little room for wildlife. Help the local critters in your neighborhood by leaving dead wood for them to inhabit—all kinds of animals, from birds to bugs, frequent these woody habitats. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant to learn how to create a log pile habitat in your yard.
Attract birds with plants that offer them food, shelter, and a nesting site. Local birds are a sign of a healthy ecosystem, and the garden is a good place to start helping them. These nine trees, shrubs, and herbaceous perennials are the perfect bird-attracting plants to grow in October.
You don't have to own acres to make a difference to local wildlife; there are many things you can do to support wildlife in your small space garden. Beekeeper and pollinator enthusiast Melissa Strauss has advice for creating a sustainable space in whatever space you can spare.
Pooling water, eroded soil, and waterlogged plants all result from a flooded garden. But there are things you can do to have a flood proof garden, even before it’s planted out! Seasoned gardener, Sarah Jay, has tips to help you improve drainage in your growing space.