Tomatoes and peppers can be easily dried in your oven or dehydrator for use in sun-dried tomato recipes, and for storage over the winter. Itīs very easy and takes less than half a day in the oven to achieve what could take several days in the sun. Here are your tips for preparing and storage.

An Angelīs Trumpet shrub or standard in your garden will astonish and delight visitors, and you! These fast growing, large flowered, wonderfully scented evergreen perennials are natives to warm areas, so they need to be protected from frost, making them perfect for containers.

Hydrangeas are wonderful flowering shrubs for growing in containers: they are fairly hardy, and with proper care they reward you with beautiful clouds of flowers from summer through fall. Here are tips for growing beautiful container hydrangeas in almost any climate.

As the weather starts to cool, your summer containers may be looking a little aged. Donīt despair! There are still plants available to give your garden a burst of color. Many choices go well with other autumn decorations, like pumpkins and dried corn. Here are some great autumn planting ideas.

Readerīs Digest is well known for their wide range of books on many excellent topics. Their book īThe Complete Container Gardenī is a 216 page reference full of beautiful photos, container gardening tips, and project ideas. Here is a review of this well-rounded reference on container gardening.

Toads are wonderful visitors to have to your garden – they can eat over 100 slugs, sowbugs, grasshoppers, earwigs and other garden pests a day. Here is how to build an inviting home to encourage a toad to stay in your garden and help with the pest control!