Tips to get your garden in shape - Houston Chronicle

After a miserable weekend of watching their landscapes flattened, Houston gardeners awoke to tantalizingly clear skies, lower temperatures and low humidity Monday morning — perfect weather under other circumstances for getting a jump on fall ...

5 tips for buying the right shovel - Houston Chronicle

Fall is planting time, which makes this a good time to shop for a shovel. There's no single perfect shovel for the garden; the blade and handle style you choose will depend on the task, your body, your strength and your taste. "When you go to buy a ...

Plant the right tulips for perennial color, plus other tips from ... - Seattle Times

Q: I would like to plant tulips in my garden this fall. How can I guarantee that they'll come back every year? A: Tulips are perennials, but many of the modern hybrid varieties will flower only once. This is largely because of the cut-tulip trade ...

An autumn garden makeover - Kansas City Star

T hose of us who call the Midwest home joke that there are two reasons we love the nation’s heartland: fall and spring. This time of year, the weather is so sublime it’s easy to forget about our freezing winters and blazing summers. After the dog ...

Tips for gardening in times of drought. - Slate

Make your garden drought-proof On these hot, dry days, your plants may look as though they're pleading for water. You used to be able to just haul out the hose and soak every wilted thing. Now, though, in many parts of the United States and more and ...