For plants to reach their full potential, they need space. Two plants grown right next to each other would compete for the ...

JOHN PATRICK: Whether you're designing a whole garden, or just a single garden bed, once you've decided what plants suit your conditions and which ones you like, the next thing to think about is plant ...

Properly spaced tomatoes are not only healthier, but they produce a much larger harvest than those that are overcrowded, as well as those that are spread too widely! Spacing your tomato plants ...

Have you ever looked at a seed packet and wondered if those spacing instructions really matter? Lately, more gardeners are tossing out the rulebook and trying new ways to arrange their plants. Instead ...

Spacing out your plants is important for their seeds to germinate and roots to grow, but depending on how much space you have and the plants you’re looking to grow, it’s hard to tell just how far ...

Every gardener has likely had a fail of some sort when growing tomatoes. These abundant growing vegetables (or fruit?) produce at such rapid speeds that planting them too close together is asking for ...

Gardeners interested in growing a bumper crop of vegetables this summer should start now. Spring and early summer present an ideal combination of conditions for cultivation. But budding harvesters ...

As I was walking along Grand, this front landscape came into view. Bingo! I had my next blog article. I am all for using evergreens for structure and winter interest. However, this is a prime example ...

With the planting season well into its stride, I'm still often asked by perplexed gardeners about correct planting distances. Many older gardening books tend to state prescriptively exact distances.