Category Archives: Backyard Gardening

Many gardeners assume spring is the best time to plant everything. But when it comes to wildflowers, fall can be one of the best planting seasons of the entire year. For many perennial and native wildflowers, autumn sowing closely follows what happens naturally. Mature plants release their seeds during late summer and fall. Those seeds remain […]

Spring flowers do not always begin in spring. Some of the most beautiful flower gardens begin months earlier—when leaves are falling, nights are getting colder, and most gardeners are putting their tools away. Fall sowing allows selected flower seeds to experience the same seasonal conditions they would encounter in nature. Seeds fall to the ground. […]

As summer warmth begins to fade, smart gardeners know that the planting season is far from over. Autumn offers ideal conditions for growing vegetables: cooler air temperatures reduce heat stress on plants, pest populations drop dramatically, and natural rainfall keeps soil consistently moist.Sowing cold-hardy, fast-maturing seeds in late summer and early autumn allows you to […]

The first frost does not have to end your vegetable garden. Tomatoes may collapse. Basil may turn black. Cucumber vines may stop producing. But underneath a light coating of frost, an entirely different group of vegetables can keep growing. Kale. Spinach. Carrots. Cabbage. Turnips. Collards. Radishes. And several other crops are far more comfortable in […]