Woodpeckers love suet.
No flowers and narrow leaves on African violet? Blame cool temperatures and lack of light.
Fresh snow that isn’t compacted insulates garden plants.
Give compost as a gift for a gardener—have a truckload delivered this spring.
Calcium or magnesium chloride deicers are less harmful to lawns than sodium chloride.
Next year, grow popcorn with a fun seed color: pink, red, black or blue.
Prune hedges, especially evergreen ones, so they are narrower at the top than at the base to help prevent winter winds and snow from breaking the hedge by splaying the branches.
Plant Something Massachusetts is a project of Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association, and was originally established in partnership with Massachusetts Flower Growers’ Association.