Because the South has such a long growing season, many garden vegetables are planted twice a year. Cool-season crops like carrots, cabbage, lettuce, radishes, and broccoli can be sown in both spring ...

Depending on your location, September is pumpkin spice latte weather or still hot enough for shorts and a dip in the pool. More often, we get some of both in this transition month. And as summer's ...

Ensure crops have enough time to grow by checking the "days to harvest" information on seed packets. Plant cold weather leaves in September, alliums in October, and winter hardy veggies in November.

For decades, I’ve been telling gardeners that fall is the best time to plant hardy trees, shrubs, vines and ground covers. And despite my efforts, March through May remains the prime season when ...

Fall usually is a great time for planting or transplanting: Temperatures have moderated, and rainfall typically is more plentiful. It’s simply not as hard on the plant. And it's much more pleasant for ...

Think dried flower arrangements are out of your budget? Think again! Snip dead or dying plant materials from your own garden ...

If you missed the fall planting window, here's how to protect plants in their nursery pots so they survive until spring.

It’s about to happen: That one morning in the third or fourth week of October, when you wake up and the air feels different — cool, maybe a bit damp … and you know fall is here. • Cut melons when the ...

Gardeners have had a broad range of experiences with their vegetable gardens this season. Some planted early in May with the warm weather, which was followed by a cold front that meant covering plants ...