You might not think that you need to learn how to use a garden cloche, but it's one of those nifty tools that will absolutely ...

Something always waits for a chance to ruin a garden harvest. Birds eye the berries, squirrels plot their raids, and insects treat leafy greens like an open buffet. Garden netting promises protection, ...

An unexpected cold snap can wipe out weeks of careful planting in a single night, and that reality hits hard when tender ...

I just planted my garden and now frost is on the forecast!?! With the frost-free season quickly approaching, it is time to consider options to protect your tender vegetable plants for brief periods of ...

To properly protect a plant, the material used to cover it must extend all the way to the ground. The goal is to trap the heat stored in the earth under the cover. If possible, find two or three posts ...

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 ...

I just moved from Arizona to this area, and a neighbor advised me that deer were a problem in the neighborhood and that I need to protect my plants from them. What does this mean? Deer can do a lot of ...

Q: I recently ordered several bare-root roses from a website I've used before. The website indicated that the roses would be shipped at the "appropriate planting time for my region." (We live in the ...