Tomatoes are America’s favorite garden “vegetable” to grow. Botanically a fruit, the tomato was classified as a vegetable by the U.S. tariff law of 1887 because it’s served with dinner, not as dessert ...

Where I live, we have gotten more rain than normal this past month and I have not been able to do as much pruning as usual so on the pretty days, I have had to do extra work to get it done. Pruning ...

A gardener pruning the water shoots that grow between the stems and twigs of the tomato plant - johan kusuma/Shutterstock You've probably heard a lot about the benefits of pruning your tomato plants: ...

February is a very busy time for me in the garden. Where I live, we have gotten more rain than normal and I have not been able to do as much pruning as usual so on the pretty days, I have had to do ...

Pruning is essential for almost all types of plants that live longer than one season from houseplants to landscape shrubs to trees. As with most activities in our lives, timing is everything. Pruning ...

Anyone can prune, but not everyone prunes correctly. In order to prune correctly, you need to understand how plants respond to pruning. When a pruning cut is made on a stem or limb, new growth will ...

Fall is a good time for pruning many plants. However, many people don’t prune correctly, which can make your plants unsightly and even damage them or shorten their lifespan. Even some landscapers ...

Everyone has a different reason to prune depending on his or her needs or desires. One thing to remember is that while a bad haircut is good again in two to three weeks, pruning blunders could last ...

You may be tempted to prune back your garden at the first sign of fall, but when it comes to certain plants, you might want to put away the shears. If you want a tidy winter landscape that's ready for ...