By Charlie Nardozzi Rudbeckias, or black-eyed Susans, are a favorite late-summer wildflower in many areas. These plants are easy to grow, naturalize quickly, and give your yard or meadow years […]

Charlie Nardozzi We all love the beautiful annual and perennial flowers of summer that our gardens are producing. And it’s always a treat to cut some of the best blooms […]

By Charlie Nardozzi In summer, certain plant diseases really take off in the garden. One is powdery mildew. This fungal disease loves the cooler nights we can get in the […]

A mild summer across much of the nation’s heartland has provided optimum growing conditions for the nations corn and soybean crops. Pair that with high-yield seeds and other new farming […]

By Charlie Nardozzi With more and more people growing blueberries as edible landscape plants, questions are emerging about how to care for them. While blueberries are a relatively easy crop […]

By Charlie Nardozzi Basil is booming in gardens this time of year, and it is hard to keep up with the harvest. While tossing basil in pasta, adding it to […]

Hornworms are large, ominous looking insects that love to feed on tobacco and tomao family crops. They can grow up to 5 inches long and have a hor” on one […]

We often get spoiled in spring by all the flowering shrubs in the landscape. Forsythia, lilacs, rhododendrons, azalea, spirea, weigela, and mock orange are just some of the shrubs that […]

Mint is a groundcover that often gets overlooked. Because of its reputation for being an aggressive spreader, many gardeners avoid planting it in the yard. However, if you plant mint […]

Many gardeners love roses but don’t want the fuss of taking care of them. Hybrid tea and floribunda roses, in particular, require regular fertilizing, pest control, and winter protection in […]

While most herbs are grown for their fragrance and for culinary and medicinal uses, rosemary has the additional benefit of being a beautiful landscape plant that is a great shrub […]

With summer in full swing, your baskets and flowers are probably getting a bit tired looking. They are probably in great need of a little bit of maintenance! Just as […]

Mint has a refreshing taste and is valued for its use in drinks, cooking, and scenting the home. Choose from applemint, spearmint, peppermint, and their varieties, including pineapple mint, chocolate […]

Everyone loves fresh cucumbers from the garden, but often getting them to grow can be a problem. The biggest threat to your cucumber crop is the cucumber beetle. These black […]

When planning your garden with your child, instead of first focusing on the vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers you’ll be growing, consider starting from another place. Garden structures offer the […]

The Green People are all about having fun with your backyard gardening AND we have an opportunity to share something a little different with you. Please join the Green People […]

Often kids’ gardens at home or at school are cramped for space. We all want to grow much more than we have room for in the garden. This can make […]

In early March, following a normal winter, pansies would already be popping up with color in our pots, containers and in our landscapes but this year it is different. If […]

Gardeners in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia are anxious to play (and plant) in their gardens, their landscapes and in their lawns. The weather this winter has been very cold […]

While most people are looking for ways to get rid of dandelions in their lawns and gardens, I think more people should be eating them. When I was a boy […]

You can see old apple trees across the country in abandoned fields and meadows and around older homes, reminders of a past life and era. Homeowners might inherit an old […]

The Green People invite you to attend our School of Gardening Saturday, March 1st, at our Riverport Road store. This Saturday at 10AM Jeanne Cope, The Joyful Gardener, will share […]

Come midwinter, gardeners are often straining to find any signs of color in the outdoor landscape. One shrub that’s always a pleasant surprise is the early blooming witch hazel plant. […]

While it’s easy to purchase onions at the grocery store in winter or the farmers’ market in summer, there’s something special about growing your own varieties. Onions are not just […]

Giving cut flowers on Valentine’s Day is big business. It’s estimated to be worth more than $400 million. Probably the most popular cut flowers given on Valentine’s Day are roses. […]

It’s hard to get kids to eat and enjoy greens during the cold winter months. That’s why growing lettuce under lights indoors is such a good idea. Not only does […]

It’s great to grow a variety of houseplants to decorate and enliven your home. Many of these can become long-time residents, growing to great heights and sizes. They can become […]

Although they are not loaded with flowers or covered with textured leaves, houseplant ferns can be very rewarding to grow. They thrive in bright, low-light conditions, come in a wide […]

While in most parts of the country it’s still a little early to be starting vegetable seeds for transplanting into the garden in spring, some vegetables need a long period […]