Want to make this year’s garden your best ever? Here are a few essential steps that will set you on the path to success. Hopefully you’ve already selected a site that gets 6-8 hours of sun each day.

Whether you have a small suburban plot or a big, rambling yard in the country, chances are your garden attracts the resident ...

Joe Lampl aka “Joe Gardener” has long been a proponent of raised beds for growing vegetables. Since he lives in Georgia where there is an abundance of heavy red clay ...

Examples: Create a little shelf or box on the fence line with your neighbor to share your extra veggies. Put a bench or ...

The food harvested this summer will be donated to Operation Food Search, with the goal of helping those in the community who ...

The Solution: Don’t place edible gardens on top of or near leach fields. If you want to grow anything on leach fields, stick ...

SLIMY, determined and very unforgiving . . . slugs are a gardener’s greatest foe. There are 44 species in the UK, with ...

I wrote a column on moles and recommended how to help you manage moles in your gardens. Moles and voles are not even in the same family. Voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, or meadow voles, are voracious ...

Nicky Jafta used his R350 unemployment grant to buy half a pumpkin and a few seeds to plant them at his Kraaifontein home.

ALTHOUGH foxes can be cute and welcome visitors for some, the truth is they can leave a big mess behind them. From digging up ...

Considering keeping ducks? Read our simple duck keeping tips for beginners on everything from suitable breeds and shelter to ...