Winter can be tough on gardens, but you don't have to face the cold alone. We will let you know whether you need to cover ...

As the leaves begin to fall across Northeast Tennessee, smart gardeners are turning their attention to one simple but ...

If it is winter where you are, your garden may be in hibernation. But there is one area that can be used for a variety of gardening activities even now - the raised bed. If you have planned ahead, now ...

Covering raised beds in winter gives your garden a spring head start. Learn when to cover, how to do it, and which materials ...

“Rock Mulch” would be a great name for a band, but does it make sense in a flowerbed? Mike McGrath will review the reality of trying to prevent weeds with river rock. Plus your fabulous phone calls.

Let’s have a quick show of hands: Who enjoys weeding? It looks like nobody does. The only redeeming quality I find in the job is that it slows me down long enough to check on the plants that I’m ...

With so many choices available at garden centers, how do you choose the best mulch material for your vegetable garden? Wood chips or pine bark? Or perhaps a synthetic material that will help trap ...

If you’re gardening more but enjoying it less, maybe it’s time to add some labor-saving ideas to that list of New Year’s resolutions. Those can range from downsizing to mulching, from using native ...

A raised-bed garden can provide the ultimate solution if your backyard has poor drainage and bad soil that is either low in nutrients or is compacted. It can be built a foot or two off the ground, can ...

Nearly impossible to get rid of and unsightly to look at, weeds are every gardener's worst enemy. One way to minimize their appearance is to grow your plants in raised beds, rather than in the ground.