People tend to learn Canada thistle by touch. One brush against a prickly leaf and suddenly it has a permanent

A tomato can sit on the vine for days, full sized and beautifully green, while a gardener begins to suspect

A heat wave does not create one new watering rule for every garden. It makes ordinary routines less reliable. Heat

Nigella has a way of appearing just when the garden needs it most. While everything else is still low and

Onions (Allium cepa) are one of the earliest vegetables gardeners plant each spring. They grow happily in cool weather and

Every summer, garden centres promote pots of citronella grass, lavender, mint and scented geraniums as natural mosquito repellents. The idea