Plant Care & Maintenance

11 Effective Ways to Protect Your Strawberry Plants from Animals

Many strawberry gardeners have fought and lost their harvest to rodents. How can you win the fight? There isn’t 1 catch-all solution, but a combination of efforts can mean the difference between finding a bountiful strawberry harvest or finding bites out of every berry. Growing juicy, ripe strawberries in your garden can be extremely rewarding … Read more

How Often Do Hostas Need To Be Watered? The Complete Guide

Hostas are prized primarily for their foliage but they also have attractive, often scented, summer flowers. These hardy clump-forming perennials are popular with container gardeners and are unbeatable for low-growing foliage interest in spring and summer. Thriving in light and medium shade, they’re incredibly useful plants. Hosta foliage is perfect for cutting. With so many … Read more