Starting a lovely pollinator garden is exciting, but you can't choose your flowers willy-nilly. To ensure success, never ...

There is no one way to water tomatoes properly. There are so many variable factors from situation to situation. Whatever ...

The packets from SCWF contain seeds for three types of milkweed that grow naturally in South Carolina: Swamp milkweed, common milkweed and butterfly weed. Swamp milkweed may grow especially well ...

ONE gardening guru has shared his tips for getting a bug-free yard without the back-breaking work. His transformative tricks ...

Sometimes we have collateral damage. At least one rabbit has developed a taste for leaves of black-eyed Susans besides the usual lettuce. And we are not fans of all birds. Cowbirds are brood parasites ...

To work in harmony with bees Kathleen plants phlox, minerva, Joe Pye, rudbeckia, chives and butterfly weed. “They love it,” ...

Those that have read Birding Today for a while, know that I have mentioned cross-gardening for those interested in creating ...

Q: When the weather gets warmer, you change out the plants in front of the library. You have snapdragon and pansies in there now. What warm season plant will you put in? A: I am a lazy gardener. I wil ...

In Lancaster County, Martin prefers common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), butterfly weed or orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), purple milkweed (Asclepias ...

Against a tide of weariness, I have two pieces of advice on this Earth Day, embedded in National Poetry Month: start a garden ...

Wildflowers also create a habitat for pollinators. The website lists some common wildflowers, including asters, black-eyed Susan, butterfly weed, cardinal flower, cornflower, goldenrod, common poppy, ...