With spring ever so close, the urge to have that beautiful garden color can seem nagging. Here are ways to force the start of ...

These pretty, early spring flowers are the first to pop up in the garden. That’s what makes hellebores, winter heath and ...

Spring officially begins each year on the Vernal Equinox on March 20. That’s what your calendar says. Ask a group of ...

Cut branches forced into bloom can help add sunshine to those gloomy winter days and it is not hard to coax many into flower. Branches from cherry, plum, forsythia, apple, ...

Western Oregon: Prune fall-bearing raspberries (in late-February or early-March). Plant windowsill container garden of herbs ...

Forsythia can also be effective at controlling erosion ... If you're looking to plant a few trees to stabilize large areas of loose soil, a steep embankment, or a river bank, consider adding one or ...

Thought you were all done with gardening chores for the winter? Not so fast. Now is the perfect time to prune your trees and shrubs.

They have had a chance to finish all of that work and acclimate to the cold. Both trees and summer-blooming shrubs should be pruned in late winter to early spring before bud break. As for spring ...

"I don't own any fancy kind of shovel." Homeowner seeks advice for getting rapidly spreading yard problem under control: 'I'm a little traumatized' first appeared on The Cool Down.

This oak tree has stood in this very spot since long before he or I walked the Earth. It is early winter when MacKenzie, an atmospheric scientist and director of Birmingham University Institute ...