We feed birds all summer long, and the grass and flowers near the feeder tend to look bad. The grass dies due to the broken seeds that fall and an ugly green leafy weed grows instead. Is there any ...

Janet, I’m told there’s some truth to that. In fact, hull-less sunflower seeds are preferred because black-oil sunflower seed hulls are allelopathic: they contain a chemical that inhibits seed ...

Gardening is more than digging dirt and watering plants—it’s a masterclass in patience, strategy, and a little bit of magic.

The towering faces have started to bow, petals crisping, birds already casing the joint. You want seeds for next year — fat, viable, true to type — but the weather is turning, and the internet is a ...

Growing plants from seeds is an easy, inexpensive and fun thing to do. When you learn how to start plants from seeds, the variety of plants that you can grow increases dramatically, but not the ...