Beneath the Red Hat

MasterGardening.com is teaming up with The Regrow Together Project to help breathe life back into disaster stricken yards and gardens across the country. The Regrow Together Project is an organization of gardeners helping gardeners. This growing season seems to be marked by flooding, wildfires, tornadoes, even an East Coast earthquake. Regrow Together Project’s objective is [...]

Pink flamingos were all the rage in the 50′s but in recent years have been regaled to kitschy garden ornaments. Now they are back in a big way, bringing a little nostalgia to the design world. While strolling through Pier 1 Imports recently I saw not only an adorable wicker pink flamingo that would be perfect [...]

Hurricane season is in full swing! With hurricane Irene an imminent threat to the entire east coast it is a good time to review proper hurricane prep for the yard and garden. Here are our tips for keeping your home and garden safe from high winds and rain. Safety First. The most important, can’t stress [...]

You head out into the garden to check the progress of your prized tomatoes only to find dark waterlogged spots on the bottom of the fruit. You then check your zucchini and notice the blossom end of the small fruit has shriveled and turned brown. Don’t panic!  While your plants are suffering from a disease, [...]

I have been getting a lot of questions about asparagus over on our Facebook page. There seems to be some fear of the asparagus spreading and taking over the garden. Questions about what healthy asparagus plants should look like and what’s the difference between male and female plants. Well I am here to clear up [...]

Every spring my dad would head out into the yard to prep his garden plot for new plantings. Our yard and garden was a point of pride and a great hobby for my father. My mother loved her flower beds but the vegetable garden and lawn were dad’s territory. He would spend endless hours tilling, [...]

Blue Ribbon Organizations are those organizations that go the extra mile to help their community while having a positive environmental impact. Here on MasterGardening Blog we love supporting a good cause therefore, we will occasionally be featuring these remarkable groups of people so they get the attention they deserve. The very first of these is Grow Food Grow Hope, [...]

A guest post by author Michael Nolan Organic. Free Range. Sustainable.  We hear and read these words every day and probably use them almost as often but what do these buzzwords really mean and most important, what do they mean to us? First off, in the US, the term organic may or may not mean [...]

Mother’s Day is the perfect time to thank all the moms in your life; whether it’s a sister, aunt, grandmother, friend, or actually your mom for all they do throughout the year. If that mom happens to enjoy ‘growing their own’ why not give them a gardening gift to make their garden tasks even more [...]

  Need a little garden inspiration for your Easter and spring decorations? We have rounded up 6 fantastic and simple ideas for your home.   Source: purlbee.com This easter tree is created by force blooming forsythia branches indoors and adoring them with eggs. The eggs are patchwork eggs created by Purlbee, get the full tutorial here – [...]