It's the best way to stretch your gardening budget. The easiest method is to root cuttings in jars of water. This works for ...

Why buy more plants when the ones you already have are perfectly capable of making new ones for you? There are tons of stunning flowers that are easy to propagate from cuttings, including geraniums ...

Key Points Overwinter geraniums by taking cuttings and propagating them inside for the winter.Bring potted geraniums indoors slowly, or dig up garden plants and move them to pots inside.Leave bare ...

It is time to take cuttings of annuals such as geraniums and begonias that you want to keep over the winter. Cool nights in September will harden off the plants, which will make them more difficult to ...

SAUK COUNTY GARDENER Jeannie Manis Sauk County Master Gardeners Association “The weather just went from 90 to 55 like it saw a state trooper.”—Unknown Typically, by this time of year we’ve had some ...

As the gardening season winds down, take cuttings for new plants next season. It's easy and it's free. It's the best way to ...

Did you hear about the cheapskate who made his pancakes so thin they only had one side? I’m all for being thrifty around the yard and garden, but saving geraniums over winter isn’t just about getting ...

Geraniums are a popular flowering plant for beds, borders, containers, hanging baskets and window boxes. The first hard frost will destroy geraniums, unless gardeners take steps to over-winter them.

One early spring many years ago, I brought home a straggly, mostly-green coleus plant labeled purple ducksfoot. My son, a teenager at the time, took one look and asked, “Why would anyone want that?” ...