Leaf mold is one of the best soil conditioners you can use as a gardener, and for a lot of us, the ingredients are sitting on ...

Pumpkin butter is filled with the warming spices of the holidays. But this recipe elevates the humble spread into pure ...

For a show-stopping, scene-stealing spring bulb that no one else in your neighborhood is growing, you're going to want to ...

For a good portion of the United States, rosemary needs to be grown as an annual. Those of us living where winter means serious business have to start our rosemary plants anew each spring. Because I’m ...

If you’re a longtime reader of Rural Sprout, you know my love of Christmas cactuses and talking about how to get them to bloom. If you’re not a longtime reader, you’re probably here out of frustration ...

Wasps have earned a reputation for being the absolute jerks of the flying insect community. With menacing looks and an aggressive behavior that fears precisely no one, wasps are equipped with a ...

Will you be planting tulips this fall? Here are five things you must know before you put a single bulb in the ground.

Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a hardy perennial herb native to the Mediterranean. As part of the Apiacaea family, it is closely related to carrot, celery, and parsley. This culinary and medicinal ...

Now is the season to stop treating your backyard garden as a mini-farm and end the backbreaking work of digging once and for all. Not only will your gardening “work” be more fun, you’ll end up working ...

The key to a low maintenance and low cost garden is to grow a variety of plants that readily self-seed. While most of the typical garden cultivars would require you to harvest, store, and then sow ...

Don’t you love easy food? There’s something so satisfying about saying, “I made it from scratch,” and knowing that it took you all of five minutes to make. Honey-fermented ginger is like that. It’s ...

Everyone knows that compost is like black gold for your garden. Compost prevents soil erosion, it supplies your plants with necessary nutrients, it improves disease resistance and aids in water ...