gardening

Your tomatoes have adjusted to being outside. Now, it's trellis time. Here's why I go for tomato twine instead of cages.

The air is warming up — and so is the soil. Direct sow some classic food crops in your garden to diversify your harvest!

Level up your tomato-planting with battle-tested tips for northern Michigan's sandy, dry soils.

Why you should add companion plants to your garden that naturally attract pollinators and repel pests.

An ice storm wreaked havoc on northern Michigan this week, leaving thousands without power and heat and littering the region with the debris of snapped trees and downed power lines. We'll hear voices from the storm. Also, a look at how tensions between the U.S. and Canada could impact the Great Lakes, a look at 50 years of service from Traverse City's Women's Resource Center and we go into the garden with our friend Dylan.

How to kickstart your garden by seeding plants inside.

I will never plant my garden again without sturdy little petunias.

Plant diseases can cause very surprising effects in your garden.

For many kids and teenagers with disabilities, summertime can make it harder to find services that are often provided at school. But the Grand Traverse Area Children’s Garden is trying to help by letting kids try out their green thumbs.

The project started a few years ago as a collaboration between the Traverse City Downtown Development Authority, the Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan and Michigan State University Extension.