Hands Planting The Seedlings Into The Ground (Photo: iStock - RomoloTavani)

Soil temperature is important for germination in the garden

Gardener pruning fruit tree brunches with pruning shears (Photo: iStock - ueuaphoto)

Cutting back branches leaves trees with healthier outlook

Melon in nursery tray, young melon plant growing in greenhouse. (Photo: iStock - Sundaemorning)

Kick-start spring by getting into the garden

A forage alfalfa field. (Courtesy photo.)

A High Plains pest problem comes to light

Fireplace burning firewood. Fire flames on wood logs, fireside bricks background. (Photo: iStock - Rawf8)

Don’t trash the ashes

Tomatoes (Photo courtesy of ARS News Service.)

It’s February: Are you thinking about tomatoes…yet?

Preparing a freshly dug flower bed for planting in a garden with fork and wheelbarrow (Photo: iStock - PaulMaguire)

Four tips to creating the perfect garden plan

A directly above view of a small garden pond attached to a waterfall form part of this water feature in this formal garden surrounded by slabs of sandstone and lush foliage of bushes and trees. (Photo: iStock - Elmar Langle)

Adding a waterscape could improve your garden space