Author: Julia VanDyk

One of the most challenging things for gardeners around North America is finding ways to enjoy your garden outside regular daylight hours. Outdoor lighting can seem like an expensive...

When you spend days on end out in your garden weeding, watering, and maintaining your gorgeous plants, it can get a little tiring. Sometimes, living and working in that...

They say that good fences make for good neighbors. While traditionally, wood slats or chain link seem to have been the default option, there are a lot of other...

Gardening lets you be creative in ways you might not have originally thought. Besides being able to grow some gorgeous flowers, delicious veggies, and sweet fruits, you can also...

Gardeners are a creative bunch. Give them a little soil, sun, water, seeds, and time, and they can bring forth a serene oasis or food for the table out...

If you’re a foodie, you know that there’s nothing like having the freshest herbs to accentuate a dish. So why not grow your own pinch of dill or dash...

Joyce Kilmer’s 1913 poem begins: “I think that I shall never see // A poem lovely as a tree.” There really is something special about trees and their cycle...

Sometimes, it can be tempting to let pruning drop to the bottom of your gardening to-do list. But it’s an important job that can have a really positive effect...

A gorgeous garden is a source of pride, and it should be. It takes a lot of planning, preparation and hard work to nurture plants so that they can...

Microclimates are areas in your property in which the conditions of the area may differ from the hardiness zone predictions. Essentially, these areas could vary in temperature, dampness, and...