When we understand the conditions where we live, we can identify opportunities and challenges for growing in a particular space. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering ...

Most gardeners look up their planting zone, note which spots get afternoon shade, and call it done. That approach works until ...

We’ve all fallen in love with a plant, carefully placing it in the garden… and then watched it struggle like it’s been dropped on the wrong planet. It’s not always your gardening skills to blame.

Anyone who spends time in Napa Valley learns that the valley gets hotter in summer or colder in winter as you head toward Calistoga. The difference can be as much as 20 degrees. The southern part of ...

Microclimates are created by every landscape that is created and house built. As soon as the house is built the microclimate of its landscape is created. The landscape enhances this created ...

According to the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, areas within the Skagit Valley are either a zone 7a, 7b or 8. But have you ever tried to grow something that you know is in the correct zone, but ...

Whether you are starting a garden from scratch or planning improvements to an existing garden, it’s a good time to consider the merits of Mediterranean-climate gardening. This style of gardening works ...

The weather has gotten weirder and more unpredictable, but there is a small way that gardeners can take more control: finding and exploiting microclimates. I’ve been looking for them around my upstate ...

Q: This worm-sized, non-worm appeared in the garden near my stumpery. Plant pest? Beneficial? I’m stumped! A: Stumperies are lovely garden features, like a vignette of the forest floor, that I wish ...

Researchers developed an agrivoltaic cold frame system that integrates semi-transparent PV modules to create controlled microclimates for crop cultivation. Field trials in Canada showed significantly ...