Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pruning plants while they are dormant reduces stress and encourages healthy growth. (Getty Images) Along with mowing the lawn at ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Do you have a small, green bush in your yard that produces red, black, yellow-ish, or pink berries? Then that may be a currant bush, known by ...

TINO CARNEVALE: I've got plenty of work to do in The Patch today, but I've found on these cold mornings the best place to be is in the glasshouse. I'm just putting in some Tuscan Kale - an old ...

November marks the end of the fall and is a transitional period into winter. It is a month when many gardens get the first frosts, which kill back summer-flowering plants, and deciduous trees and ...

This is also a handy way to control aphids. They usually colonise the tips of the shoots causing leaf distortion and curling, which makes spraying difficult. Growing gooseberries and red or white ...

Gooseberries and red and white currants are all pruned in the same way. They produce fruit on older wood and at the base of the previous season's shoots. Delay pruning until late winter, as this ...

Along with mowing the lawn at the right time, laying down mulch and tackling weeds, pruning is a spring garden task on many to-do lists. Pruning at the right moment can encourage stronger growth, ...