Joan Morris is the pets & wildlife columnist for the Bay Area News Group. She also writes about gardening and is the founder of Our Garden, a demonstration garden in Walnut Creek. Morris started her ...

The following tasks are not the most glamorous or exciting parts of yard maintenance. Still, they play a key role in the annual care of your plants. Take the time to get these chores done and you ...

Digging, planting and dividing today gives you huge, productive plants this year. 4. Weed then edge. I call February “the invasion of the garden snatchers.” Pull, yank, burn, rake or smother, but get ...

She has been writing a garden column for the Times-Standard since 1982. She currently runs a gardening consulting business. Contact her at 707-834-2661 or [email protected].

February is when the winter blooms of hellebores are most welcome. To fully appreciate the emerging stems of flowers, now is the time to cut back the huge leaves left over from last summer.

Produced by OSU Extension, each monthly calendar provides reminders of key garden chores, such as fertilizing, pest control, planting, and maintenance. Recommendations in this calendar are not ...

Home & Garden Garden chores to do in February to keep the weeds away and produce more blooms By Marianne Binetti Contributing writer February 1, 2025 5:00 AM ...

January felt like a never-ending story full of disasters both natural and created — weather vagaries, fear and unrest. So much drama has been packed into 31 days that it ...

February is a month to get your Sonoma County garden in gear for spring From pruning and spraying to cutting back and attacking slugs, February is full of important chores for the attentive gardener.

Home & Garden Tips for taming your overgrown garden by getting control of weeds, pruning and watering By Marianne Binetti Contributing writer January 18, 2025 5:00 AM ...

February is the last maintenance-free month before spring, and it’s a great time to plan out next year’s garden. If the ground is thawed out, you can start to work on replacing soil in your ...