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Garden Tips: Don't forget chores on pleasant days

The weather has not been the greatest for working in the yard and garden this winter. But on good days, there are plenty of garden chores you can do that will help improve your spring planting:

Garden Tips: Start now to keep weeds under wraps

Most homeowners will face some problems with weeds this spring or summer. This is particularly true for those who have warm-season grasses such as Bermuda or Zoysia, which are dormant now. But there are things you can do to help keep your weeds under control.

Garden tips for January

Trendspotting. Our mailbox reveals what seed companies think we'll want this year. Their idea of the latest trends: dark purple and near-black foliage paired with this year's "hot" color — tangerine. It's so unusual: Trendiness aside, what's most exciting about the influx of seed catalogs are ...

Analyze soil makeup before you plant

Q: I am curious about the makeup of the soil in the area where I plan to grow a vegetable garden. Wh ...

Test Garden Soil At Home – It’s Easy

Q: I am curious about the make-up of the soil in the area I plan on growing a vegetable garden. What ...

Sharon Hill, This Week in the Garden: Garden excitement grows as seeds arrive

After all these years of gardening, seeds still seem magical to me. That such a tiny package can hold all that is needed to grow into a head of lettuce for dinner, or a shade tree for the patio, or a poppy for the garden still boggles my mind.

Cooperative Extension offers garden tours

With spring just around the corner, the Pima County Cooperative Extension has an event sure to make local gardeners' hearts flutter: free guided tours of the Tucson Village Farm and Cooperative Extension demonstration gardens.

Asheville area Home & Garden calendar for the coming week

Send items for the home and garden calendar to Bruce Steele at BSteele@Citizen-Times.com two weeks before the event. Or mail to Bruce Steele, Asheville Citizen-Times, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802.

Winter can be growing season for some produce

Ciscoe Morris, Seattle Times garden writer, offers tips on growing gourmet mushroom in your kitchen; planting bare-root apple trees and getting vegetable starts from seeds that you grow indoors this winter

Out in the Garden: Planting your spring veggies

In this edition of "Out in the Garden," Donna Friedenreich visits master gardener Patty Leander's garden to speak with her about what vegetables she plants and when she plants them.