With days growing shorter and crisp autumn weather just around the corner, there’s no better time to get started on end-of-summer gardening tasks to prepare your garden for a fall harvest. Even if ...

When the heat goes up, the vegetable garden can go down if gardeners aren’t ready for Pennsylvania’s increasingly sizzling summers. Soil dries faster as temperatures rise, and the heat of 90-degree ...

Whew! Summer temperatures are here a bit early again this year. Just walking from the house to the car can be grueling. If your job involves work in that grueling environment for eight to 12 hours, ...

The last week of June is the time to set your flowers up for continued color by fertilizing and remembering to dead head and pinch back annuals such as petunias, geraniums and marigolds. A good rule ...

If you are one of the people who say it’s summer so I can turn off my sprinklers, this column is for you. In spite of the fact that we are still in the rainy season, signs of water stress can appear ...

The celebration of summer is underway, bringing with it peak gardening season. Every day there’s something new to harvest and enjoy. Perennial flowers are in bloom. Blueberries and tomatoes are ...