In the Garden: Harvest garlic and replant with quick-maturing vegetables

In the Garden: Grow a bee-friendly lawn

Boost the bee and pollinator appeal of your lawn by incorporating microclover, self-heal, creeping thyme, crocus, grape hyacinths and other bee-friendly flowering plants in your lawn. You’ll create and enjoy a carpet of green with splashes of color and one that requires less ongoing maintenance. The pollinators will benefit

In the Garden: Freshen up your late season garden with strawflowers

As summer is winding down and fall approaches, your thoughts may turn to mums, asters, and pansies. Consider changing things up this year by adding deer-resistant strawflowers to your late summer and fall containers and gardens. Grow strawflowers (Xerochrysum bracteatum formerly Bracteantha) in full to part sun and moist well-drained

In the Garden: Annual flowers that thrive in the heat