Category: Carol Kinsley

As a former editor of The Mid-Atlantic Grower newspaper for horticulture and a garden club member, I get lots of e-mails about gardening. Recently an e-mail from Proven Winners announced the launch of a new, free “Perfect Plant...

Not all worms are created equal. Gardeners typically consider worms “the best thing you can do for your soils.” But that is not true, asserts Ryan Hueffmeier, director of the Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center in...

With typical uses of concealing a foundation, creating privacy along a property line or stabilizing a slope in the yard, shrubs and hedges can quickly get stuck waiting in the wings rather than featured in the limelight of a...

There are several reasons to grow herbs, not the least of which is their beauty in the garden. Herbs such as parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme are grown for culinary use, as are less familiar choices including cilantro,...

While big, showy displays may have garnered the most attention at the Philadelphia Flower Show in March, few of them are reproducible in your own garden space without the help of a professional landscaper. One class of entries...