If you're wondering why you always struggle to get cuttings to root or grow, you're probably making one of these mistakes.

Seasoned firewood is wood that’s been cut and split into firewood-sized pieces and then stacked and left to dry somewhere, usually outdoors, for anywhere from six months to two years. The harder the ...

Everything you ever wanted to know about starting and maintaining a gravel garden, and the plants that do well in one.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the past couple of years, I’ve become slightly obsessed with bringing more edimentals into my garden. If you’re not familiar with this term, it refers to plants that are both edible and can also ...