Current Articles | Archives | Search Entries for January 2011 January 31, 2011 Shoveling Made Easy Most gardeners would probably agree that the worst part of winter—other than waiting for spring to arrive, of course!—is the snow. Shoveli... January 27, 2011 Grow Herbs Indoors Without Soil If you're a veggie gardener, you know how long the winter seems without some of those fresh veggies and herbs straight from the garden. ... January 25, 2011 Got Gnats? In the middle of winter, we love the pretty colors of African violets, poinsettias, and amaryllis. But that cloud of tiny bugs swirling over our prize... January 24, 2011 A Secure New Way to Hide Your Keys Outdoors You probably hide a key outside in case someone in your family gets locked out. But do you ever worry about someone else finding it? RocLok will g... January 20, 2011 Keep Paths Snow-Free Without Harming Plants The last thing you want as you're out and about in your yard this winter is to take a tumble on a patch of ice. If you're lucky, the only thing hurt i... January 18, 2011 The Dirt on Soil How much do you know about the soil in your garden? Soil supplies plants with water, nutrients, and an anchor for their ro... January 17, 2011 A Safer, Greener Way to Melt Slippery Ice It's not the snow that makes winters so tough. It's the ice, right? All that slipping and sliding. You want to melt it so you and your neighbors don't... January 13, 2011 Slippers That Aren't Afraid of a Little Mud No matter how much we appreciate the beauty of freshly fallen snow, winter can quickly turn into a mess. Eventually, the pristine snow turns into melt... January 11, 2011 Check Out These Top Picks for Shade We all have problem areas in our gardens. For many of us, the issue is shade, so you'll be happy to know that there are solutions for this common prob... January 10, 2011 2011: The Year of Tomatoes and Zinnias We love tomatoes and we love zinnias. And we think a celebration is in order, as they've both been honored as crops of the year for 2011. ... January 06, 2011 Stylish Bird Houses Will Jazz up Your Garden Even if you don't have the funds to upgrade your own pad this year, you might want to do it for your favorite feathered friends. ... January 04, 2011 You'll Love This Award-Winning Blanket Flower Gardening is competitive, whether we like to admit it or not. Who doesn't want to be that house on the block with the newest and coolest plants? ... January 03, 2011 A Cleaner Way to Feed the Birds We love to watch birds fluttering around and eating the seed we put out for them, but we're not so crazy about the dirty job of cleaning the feeder. ... terms | privacy I accept the terms & confirm I am at least 21 years old