Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

Sheldon Raber’s marketing strategy is simple. “We don’t do Facebook but if you like our produce, tell all your friends for us,” a handwritten sign reads outside the Savoy and Mahomet farmstands he operates.

Why leave the long-term health and well-being of the tree to chance by hoping the burlap will deteriorate in time for the roots to develop into the surrounding soil?

Bees are a welcome site in our gardens. Without the help of bees (and other pollinators) pollinating many of our plants, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the myriad of flowers, fruits and vegetables we have in our landscapes. Despite all their benefits, one bee species may not always be a welcom…

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

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Here on my Chinese campus, it feels like we are on the cusp of summer. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but flowers have been blooming for a month, so it seems like spring has peaked, though by the calendar, we are not even halfway through. We had a long stretch of cold, rainy weather, but now …

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

Apples and pears are popular trees to plant for people interested in growing their own fruit. However, they aren’t without any problems. A variety of insect pests and diseases can plague them. One common and potentially serious disease is fire blight.

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

Have you ever found a packet of seeds lying around and wondered if you could grow them? Every year when I get ready to start seeds, I inevitably find a half-full packet or a packet I forgot to plant altogether. Unfortunately, as seeds get older, their germination rate decreases. Fortunately,…

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

Hollies are common landscape plants and even more common holiday decorations that belong to the incredibly diverse genus Ilex, which contains over 400 species, both evergreen and deciduous, that hail from all corners of the globe.

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.

Poinsettias, Amaryllis, holly and evergreens are common sights during the holidays. Another group of plants, holiday cacti, also make an appearance this time of year. With their brightly colored flowers ranging from white, pink, yellow, orange, red or purple, they are often given as gifts du…

Gardeners looking to plant new trees or shrubs during this ideal time in fall often face a number of choices when shopping around for materials.