April showers bring May flowers. Here's what to know about preparing your garden for spring annuals and perennials.

One of the most important details on a plant tag is the hardiness zone. Many new gardeners notice these numbers but are unsure what they mean. Hardiness zones indicate the winter temperatures a plant ...

Gardeners and landscapers may want to rethink their fall tree plantings. Warming temperatures have already made the US Department of Agriculture's new cold-weather planting guidelines obsolete, ...

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Missouri's plant hardiness zones based on the 2023 USDA map range from 5b to 8a, with most of the state under the 6a or 6b zones. This means that the majority of the state reports weather data that ...

"Right now is a pretty good time to plant just about everything in our area," one expert said.

Free tool combines NOAA precipitation, USFS forest canopy, and USDA hardiness data to calculate gutter cleaning ...

April can be a favorable month to direct-sow root vegetables. “Root-forming crops like carrots, radishes, turnips and beets ...

Spring has sprung once again in the Texas Panhandle and High Plains region, bringing with it struggles with seasonal allergies as well as the opportunity for gardening and other homesteading projects.

Everybody makes mistakes, and if you keep this in mind while gardening, your flubs will seem less like failures and more like ...

In celebration of Earth Day 2026, the TurfMutt Foundation calls on Americans to rediscover the environmental power of their own backyards and community parks. The Foundation reminds us that small ...