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Best Present for Plants: Good Soil

The best gift to give all landscape and garden plants is good soil.  "A wise gardener used to tell me, `Grow the roots, and the top will take care of itself.´ I´ve found there´s a lot of truth in that," said Amy Jordan, horticulturist with Kansas State University Research and Extension.

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Gardening With Charlie - Fencing Out Critters

Building a fence to keep animals out of your garden is not something to be taken lightly, but it may be the only way to put an end to the feasting of marauding critters. One groundhog can make your broccoli patch disappear overnight. One deer can cut your perennials down to nubs in the same amount of time. A neighborhood cat can turn your garden into a litter box.

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Plants Don´t Care if the Wind Chill Tanks

When wind chill temperatures plummet, gardeners chafe about their landscape and fruit plants´ odds for survival. Some gardeners actually worry too much.

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