Start this year's garden preparation with a soil test

In the Garden: Plant, grow and enjoy paperwhites

Brighten indoor décor with one or more containers of paperwhites. The fragrant flowers can perfume a room or if preferred, grow one of the less fragrant varieties. Just plant the bulbs – no cold treatment needed – and watch them grow into blooming beauties. Ziva is intensely fragrant and the most common

In the Garden: Add colorful crotons for indoor fall décor

Bring a little fall color indoors by adding a croton to your indoor garden. Their colorful leaves echo many fall colors in the landscape, including red, yellow, orange, green and purple. Croton leaf shapes can vary, adding to their ornamental appeal. They can be broad or narrow, shaped like an

In the Garden: Bring fall indoors with garden-fresh arrangements

Snip and combine some seasonal blooms to create beautiful bouquets to enjoy in your home or share with family and friends. A stroll through your garden can provide needed inspiration and some colorful flowers, seedheads and foliage to include. Gather your flowers in the morning after the dew has dried

In the Garden: How to force poinsettias and holiday cacti into bloom