Gardening & Landscape Articles

Tomatoes have two growth habits – determinate and indeterminate. Determinate varieties are typically your paste tomatoes like Roma or San Marzano, but can include specific beefsteaks. They have a bush-like growth habit that continues until they reach a specific height (usually around 4-5 feet). Once...

Nearly all earthworms in the Northeast today are non-native, and European and Asian invasives are altering the soil structure and chemistry of our forests. Asian jumping worms are a relatively new invasive species, but they are rapidly spreading across the United States. They can be found in the...

Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum), a member of the buckwheat family is a native of Asia and was first introduced to England in the early 19th century as an ornamental plant. It was later introduced into the United States for erosion control, and on Long Island as an estate-grown ornamental...

Lasagna gardening, also known as sheet mulching is a no-till no-dig gardening method that turns materials like kitchen waste, straw, and newspapers into rich, healthy compost. Everything you use is pretty much the same things you would use to compost. Now you are just adding them directly to form an...

Orchids are beautiful indoor plants. They make wonderful plants for decorating the home. The flowers are colorful, unique, and long-lasting. They have a reputation of being difficult to grow indoors, but by selecting certain species and providing the proper environmental conditions, success is...

Cover crops have been in use for longer than you might have imagined. Ancient Romans knew the value of cover crops. A former legionary turned farmer, Lucius Columella realized how important legumes such as lupine, black medic, and vetch were too productive estates. He wished landowners, no matter...

Tillandsia, commonly known as air plants, are the houseplants of the moment in the gardening scene! If you have visited a garden center in the last few years, you have undoubtedly come across an interesting-looking display of air plants! Care is not difficult if you understand how they grow in their...

Houseplants have long been used as a way to bring some of the warmth and comforts of the outside, natural world indoors. But did you know that the plant on your desk may not just be brightening your day, it could also be helping to clean your air? Thanks to some initial research by NASA scientists...