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Rice water is a no-cost, natural fertilizer that's proven to improve plant root, leaf, and even fruit growth. It works better on some vegetables than others.

As the winter blues hit, the hope for bright colors and sunny skies urges gardeners to plan for the upcoming growing season.

It's already time to start your garden. By starting seeds indoors now and next month, you can increase the variety of plants you can grow in your garden by extending the growing season and potentially ...

If you want your flowers to bloom for longer, there's a natural method to help using a common kitchen scrap that you probably ...

If you don't want to hang around for a late harvest, these fruits and vegetables are ideal for growing early and getting a late-winter head start this season.

If you're just starting and are interested in growing some vegetables, a gardening expert has selected the three "easiest" choices to begin with in January.

Get ahead of the growing season by starting seeds indoors this January. A gardening expert shares three fast-growing vegetables that can be sown in warm indoor spaces or greenhouses for an earlier ...

Check out ‘The Preserver’s Garden,’ written by Staci and Jeremy Hill. It’s essential to anyone who doesn’t want food to go to ...

The 10 essential gardening jobs you must do in February - With spring on the horizon, these are the jobs you should focus on ...

Gardeners are being advised to get ready to begin some jobs that will give them a head start for spring ...

As spring beckons, get ahead with pruning, mulching and seed-sowing.