Ensuring your plants get the right amount of water is a challenging task, and lugging around a watering can is hard work. Here are some hands-off alternatives.

Twenty-percent to 30% shade cloth may not look like it's providing much shade, but when afternoon sun reaches garden vegetables during summer heat, it can provide a few degrees of protection. Tree ...

If our recent spring heat wave is any indication, we may be in for a hot and dry summer. Proper water management is very important for maintaining lush and green gardens throughout the dry spells that ...

Overwatering doesn't necessarily mean giving the plant too much water at one time -- it can be giving the plant a bunch of small "sips" every day.

An early light frost can wipe out your garden harvest for the season. When a light frost is expected, water your garden to wet the plants. When water freezes it produces heat. So, a light water layer ...

Large, delicious raspberries come from consistent good care in the berry patch. Proper watering, adequate fertilizer and good pest management are important parts of that good care. Using a ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Watering tomato plants correctly is crucial for healthy growth and optimal fruit production. Tomato plants have specific water needs that vary depending on their growth stage, ...

Life in a pot doesn't have to be as artificial as many of us make it. Plants that grow in containers can be an impressive part of the garden while we still adhere to sustainable-gardening principles.

If you’re a gardener, then you surely have tomatoes on the vine by now. Soon, these much-prized red globes will be letting you know if they’ve enjoyed their growing conditions. One indicator that they ...

Succulents have been getting more and more popular over the past few years and it looks like their popularity is here to stay. One reason is because of their ability to tolerate a certain amount of ...