What should everybody know about gardening?

Anyone can do it. If you don't have acres or even land, a pot in the window or on the balcony will do. read more

Something everybody should know about gardening is the profound degree of influence which mythology and superstition have historically exercised over gardening traditions - the mystical aura surrounding the time-honored ritual of sowing seeds. read more

Don't clean up everything in your garden in fall. Leave ornamental grasses for beauty and the seed heads of perennials such as coneflowers to feed the birds. Avoid cutting back marginally hardy perennials, such as garden mums, to increase their chances of surviving a harsh winter. read more

10. The garden is one of the few things I know of that is never meant to be perfect. Just like humankind. Like us, the garden is a process of striving toward perfection and learning to deal with setbacks. Every year we start out vowing to try to get it right. Sometimes we come close. read more