Visits to the garden center give us lots of ideas about gardening and landscaping, and we can hardly wait to get home and put those new plants in the ground.

Decide early on how you'll water your garden when it doesn't rain enough so you'll be ready when the time comes.

Using materials that most have readily available in your home, you can make your own rain gauge to accurately measure the rain that has fallen in your backyard. For starters, you'll need some ...

The rain gauge can also measure how much you’ve watered so you know for sure that you aren’t under- or over-watering. To check the dryness of your garden soil, use a trowel and check 3-4 ...

Most of us know how to use a rain gauge, or at least most of us think that we know how. Set it outdoors before a rainfall, check it after the storm has passed, and then tell your friends and ...

In warm weather, container plants will need water every day just to keep them alive, especially window boxes. Lack of rain ...