Your two best friends for protecting plants over winter are burlap and mulch. The former is especially useful in making a windbreak to keep freezing winter winds from drying evergreen foliage, while ...

Using fertilizers in a vegetable garden helps to increase your yield and have strong, healthy plants that have better resistance to pests and diseases. Fertilizers can be organic and inorganic, ...

Henry Homeyer says it is important to clean up the vegetable garden now in order to avoid overwintering diseases.

Plants that go dormant here during the winter should not be fertilized. This includes all hardy trees, shrubs, ground covers, lawns and most perennials. (SUSAN POAG / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE) QUESTION: I ...

Have you started your winter garden? It is time. Add 2 inches of compost and 10 cups of slow release lawn fertilizer, such as 19-5-9, or 10 cups of a “winterizer” fertilizer, such as 18-6-12, to every ...

I was advised to cut down on fertilizer for my indoor plants in the winter because of a slower growth rate. I have not fertilized since early November. When should I begin fertilizing my indoor plants ...

Right on schedule after the frosts hit, the outdoor gardening questions stop and indoor plant concerns take center stage. It is officially winter in Alaska. I have to tell you that I take these ...