Simple Ideas for Better Homes, Gardens & Outdoor Spaces
From planting cool-season crops in the crisp spring air to preparing your perennial beds for winter hibernation, every season brings unique opportunities for your landscape. Welcome to our Seasonal Gardening category, your ultimate guide and supply hub for year-round horticultural success. Whether you are ramping up your spring planting schedule, protecting tender blooms from summer heat, or harvesting autumn crops, we provide the expert insights and specialized products you need to keep your garden thriving through every shift in the weather.
Ever watch a sudden autumn frost turn your prized perennial bed into limp, blackened toast overnight? I have, and it still stings. The year my favorite coneflowers and bleeding hearts turned to mush because I waited until November to think about insulation was the year I finally smartened up. Fall mulching isn’t just about making … Read more
Are you staring out at a patch of tired, crusty dirt that used to be a thriving garden, wondering how it all went so wrong by late August? I get it. The summer heat bakes our soil into a brick, weeds throw seeds everywhere like confetti, and by the time autumn rolls around, the last … Read more
My garden looked like a total disaster area every single spring, and I used to blame the weather, bad luck, or angry garden gnomes. It turns out the real culprit was my own laziness from the previous October. The summer my zucchini took over the entire ZIP code, I was so burnt out by September … Read more
You raked, you bagged, you hauled six trash cans of leaves to the curb, and you patted yourself on the back for a job well done. Then April rolls around and your hostas are lace, your tomato seedlings have aphids before they even hit six inches, and there’s a vole tunnel running straight through what … Read more
You pulled the last zucchini off the vine, hauled the dead squash plants to the compost pile, and figured you were done for the season. Then you flip over a piece of old mulch or lift a stray leaf near where the plants used to be, and there they are. Dozens of squash bugs, just … Read more
You planted a maple tree. It looked gorgeous at the nursery. Six months later, half the leaves are scorched brown at the edges, the trunk is leaning like it’s trying to escape your yard, and you’re googling “why is my maple tree dying” at 11 p.m. I get it. Maples have a reputation for being … Read more
Your fall greens are finally thriving, and then you spot it: a cabbage looper chewing lace through your kale, or a squadron of aphids setting up camp on your broccoli. Autumn pests don’t get the same press as their summer cousins, but they’ll wreck a cool-season garden just as fast if you let them. Here’s … Read more
Your hands are cold, the ground’s half-frozen, and you’re staring at a paper bag of tulip bulbs wondering if you waited too long. Again. I get this question every October from at least three neighbors: “Is it too late to plant bulbs?” Usually it’s not. But the panic is real, and I understand it. You … Read more
Spring is that magical, frantic window of time where every gardener I know starts acting like they’ve had four espressos. One day you’re staring at a patch of brown mud, and the next, you’re drowning in seed catalogs and feeling the itch to buy every flat of pansies at the local nursery. I get it. … Read more
Stop waiting for the first frost to start thinking about your backyard. If you’re like me, you’ve spent the last three months battling heatwaves and squash bugs, and the idea of “more work” makes you want to hide under the AC. But here’s the truth: your spring garden is actually won or lost in October. … Read more