2. THE CONDITION OF THE TREE: Large, old water oak trees commonly have rotten trunks, even though there may be no outward ...

March, there were 600 excited gardeners picking from 150 kinds of seeds. If you missed it, there are more free seeds catalogued on the third floor of the main library and at the branches in Pine ...

When planting different colors of amaryllis together in a bed ... but that’s not what actually happened. FERTILIZE POTS: Frequent watering rapidly leaches nutrients from the soils of container ...

Shady, spots are probably one of the hardest locations to grow flowers but ajuga, a perennial ground cover that gets pretty ...

Keep your hyacinth bulbs flowering from year to year with this step-by-step guide. Hyacinths are perennial bulbs that can ...

A: There are two types of cacti – desert types and forest types. Desert cacti are very hardy and thrive in full sun, low water, and good drainage. Christmas (and Easter) cacti are forest cacti and are ...

In the warmer months when the sun rises early and sets late, we hardly give a thought to our motorcycle headlight bulbs. The headlamp just comes on when we start our bike and goes off when we ...

Tulips are grown from bulbs that are separated from a mother plant. As the bulb matures, it stores carbohydrates to produce foliage and blooms. Most growers purchase mature bulbs to be planted in late ...

There is much beauty in the late spring gardens of the central San Joaquin Valley. Sometimes gardeners need to accept a small ...