Both gardeners and plants work hard in summer. For plants, growing foliage, developing buds, opening flowers, and forming and ripening fruits take a lot of energy. They need a helping hand, and you ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Just like the sun and rain, flowers need fertilizer! But what do all those numbers and letters on the ...

When high summer heat combines with lack of rain, plant growth can slow from its peak levels in spring and early summer. If/when that happens, remember that nutrition needs go down accordingly. Be ...

Flowers on viola plants are often so prolific they can obscure the foliage, and the smaller flowers hold up to rainy winter ...

Have you ever struggled with a some-assembly-required item, and hours later concluded that whoever wrote the instructions obviously never actually put one together? That's the way I felt the other day ...

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