Hunting black trumpets (Craterellus fallax) is often a wild, woodsy adventure; they are one of the most elusive mushrooms to forage. Black trumpets are small dark horn-shaped mushrooms that blend right in with the forest floor. But, there is a big reason we all go out there looking year after year ...
Dahlias Growing Guide: Everything You Need to Know
If you are in search of garden flowers that produce truly spectacular blooms in a variety of bright colors, it is hard to go wrong with dahlias. You may have a lot of questions about growing dahlias in your flower garden, however. How do you plant them? How do you take care of them? When do ...
14 Tall Perennials To Make Your Garden Stand Out
Perennial flowers that stand tall in the garden add depth and texture to the landscape and look striking as backgrounds or centerpieces. Tall perennials make an excellent and beautiful natural border, hedge, or privacy screen. These flowers are also amazing at camouflaging things in the yard or ...
How to Pick the Best Way to Preserve Your Harvest
The Pros and Cons of Canning, Freezing and Dehydrating for Food Storage With your garden growing, you’re sure to have an abundance of something, if not everything. While fresh eating is a true taste and nutrition treat, the season for fresh vegetables and produce is relatively short. To take ...
How to Take and Propagate Rose Cuttings
Sometimes you’ll find a beautiful old rose growing in a cemetery, or in your grandma’s yard, or at an old, abandoned house. Or you might have an old rose in your yard that one of your friends would like a cutting from. Plants are meant to be propagated, right? Especially when they’re ...
5 Easy Trellising Options for the Garden + How to Use Them
Gardens need trellises and climbing fences. At least, they do if you are growing climbing plants or plants that need support. From vining vegetables and flowers to sprawling produce, there are many places where trellises are necessary—or just helpful—in the garden. What Types of Plants Need ...
Using and Preserving Green Tomatoes With Over 20 Recipes
Most of us have heard of the classic early season dish, fried green tomatoes. Truth be told, though, there are many, many delicious ways to use green tomatoes. And no, it’s not just something to do while you wait for red tomatoes—green tomatoes used in dishes and preserving are worth the effort in ...
14 Blue Perennials You'll Want in Your Garden
Blue is the most popular color in the world, yet there isn't a lot of natural blue in our landscape, except the sky, of course! Maybe people love it so much because it isn't as common in nature. Blue also is the color of tranquility, calm, and grace. The lack of natural blue makes the addition of ...
How To Make Fruit or Berry Jam, Step-by-Step Recipes
Learn to Can Homemade Jam—An Excellent Introduction to Canning for Anyone! Homemade jams are delicious, offer all the nutritious goodness your fruits and berries have to offer and are an excellent way to use and store your berry or fruit harvests without having to worry about refrigeration. ...
14 Early Blooming Spring Perennials To Brighten The Season
When the first flower buds appear on the spring-blooming perennials, our hearts soar. These bright and beautiful plants are the perfect way to welcome the new season and put aside long, cold, wintery days. Spring flowering perennial plant options are ample, with many beautiful and often ...