Category: Gardens

What to Plant Now to Benefit Wildlife in Spring

These North American native plants will support birds, butterflies, and other pollinators when spring comes Fall is a great time to plant, because many trees, shrubs, sedges, and even perennial flowers are going dormant. This means less transplant shock and stress, partly because the plants are not focusing on maintaining leaves or flowers. Instead, these…

10 Edible Greens to Plant Now

Get your cool-season garden started and look forward to harvesting lettuces, kale, arugula, chard, and more In most climates, leafy greens such as lettuces, arugula, spinach, chard, and mustard greens grow best planted in late summer or early spring, where the plants thrive in the warm daytime temperatures and cool nighttime ones. In mild-winter areas,…