A funny thing happened on the way to May: I have what looks to be a million tiny yellow flowers. It happens every year for about four to six weeks, but no one talks about it. Some even look away.

Here are the winners for 2026. Year of the Ficus. Ficusses are quite common houseplants. The edible fig is also part of the ...

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! The dry weather continues here in the Valley. I hope we receive the rain which is in the forecast for the weekend. Water needs for our field crops, ...

A guide to seven of the best perennials to plant in January, and you can get all of these as bare-root plants to benefit bees ...

Yet another perennial worth starting in January, sedums (or stonecrop, if you prefer) are succulent‑like plants with clusters ...

For some visual joy in autumn, plant Autumn Joy sedum. The plants' domed flower clusters now smile skyward like heads of pink broccoli. Autumn Joy is, understandably, a stalwart of the late summer and ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! It is so funny how time slips away (thank you Willie Nelson). As we say goodbye to August and summer we look forward to all the rewards of the fall harvest ...

Gardening can feel like a delicate dance of watering, weeding, fertilizing, and praying for the sun to shine just right. But ...

Q: I have a sedum plant that is only one year old and already quite leggy. Should I trim it back at this point or wait until spring? Since it is only a year old, should I wait another year or so ...

I got an email this past week from a reader which had a question that I have not seen very often — at least not very often on this plant. The question I got was very strange in that only a part of the ...

FARGO — The good old days often look better in the rearview mirror than when one was actually living them. Take gardening, for example. Heck, we didn’t even have Wave Petunias when I was a kid. And ...