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To help with your spring plant-selecting, here's a collection of plants that have won assorted awards for the 2025 growing season.

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Cantaloupes are very heat-tolerant, so yours should be fine over the next couple of months. When cantaloupe fruit are ripe, ...

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Because strawberries don’t breed true from seed, most plants are grown from dormant, bare-root transplants. But if you do ...

This is the weekend when Harrisburg’s weather history says it’s “safe” to plant the summer annual flowers and summer vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and beans. Mother’s ...

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I often think of this time of year as a convergence of anticipation, of well-conceived plans unfolding, and of the seemingly ...

The essence of the viral “Let It Bloom” June trend is to allow native grasses, wildflowers and pollinator-friendly plants to ...

Discover expert summer gardening tips, from choosing the right plants for your climate to tackling weeds, pests, and watering ...

There's a reason that jalapeños in American grocery stores have become less spicy. On an episode of podcast The Sporkful, a guest host consults experts to learn how jalapeños became less spicy. After ...