Shopping for plant fertilizer and applying it may seem perplexing at first. Follow these simple tips and you’ll be fertilizing like a pro in no time. Read the Label: What Do Fertilizer Numbers Mean?

I have finally gotten around to working on my mixed shrub and perennial borders at home. A number of tree seedlings have moved in as well as other miscellaneous weeds. Simply weeding and reducing the ...

We spend so much of the year preparing for the summer season in our backyard that it's all too easy to neglect our gardens when it comes to the fall. But, fall is a crucial period for your plants. It ...

You get a better bang for the buck if you fertilize your lawn in the fall. That’s the message from Ricky Kemery, local gardening expert and Purdue Horticulture Extension Educator, retired, who says ...

Fall is one of the three times of year you fertilize. When plants are ready to wake up in spring, you surprise them with a brunch of nitrogen-rich plant food to help them grow; in summer, you give ...

Rosemary is a wonderful plant with many uses. However, to ensure it stays at its best year after year, it's important to know ...

All plants -- trees & shrubs, turf, ornamentals, fruits and vegetables -- require the same 17 nutrients to grow. Three of these, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen plants get from air and water, but the ...

Spring has sprung and gardeners can hardly wait to get their hands in the soil. Got questions before you get started? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon ...