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If you want tons of Christmas cactus blooms in December, there are some important things you need to do in August.

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These red flags reveal raised bed soil that needs a little compost and TLC. Here's what they are and how to save your soil.

Doing these August garden jobs can decide how your garden will end this year and how next year’s garden will begin.

August is the perfect time to go shopping for next year's flowers - right in your flower bed. Save these seeds!

Garden trends are nothing new. But which ones stand the test of time? Here are five popular trends that I've decided to ...

You’ve been dreaming of tomatoes since you patiently started the seeds in February. And you’ve been diligent in their care since transplanting them. You watched as green tomato after green tomato grew ...

Gardening comes with a lot of anecdotal wisdom, and not all of it works. However, one bit of gardening advice that’s proven to work time and again is to plant tomatoes on their side in a trench or ...

Yup, gardening tools left outside to weather the elements will soon look like old pieces of junk. Rusty hand shears with a dull blade certainly take all the joy out of pruning. Not only does it make ...