For gardeners, one of the hardest objectives to accomplish is keeping the yard looking good and interesting throughout the year. To help us with that, lifetime master gardener Crystal Eskola has agreed to share her garden through the four seasons.

Picking the best plant for the right place in the landscape would seem to be an easy task, but it's not.

Not to be unpatriotic, but another "cranberry" outshines our traditional Thanksgiving cranberry. This fruit, sometimes called mountain cranberry, partridgeberry or foxberry, is esteemed in other parts of the world. You may know it by its Scandinavian name, lingonberry.

Bill Adams was a friend, coach and the master gardener of Georgia and South Carolina. Unfortunately, he died Sunday when he was struck by a car while working in his yard.

Planting seeds is a satisfying way to grow trees and shrubs, and gives you a special affection for the plants.

WILMINGTON, Ohio - Many of the new gardeners didn't know how to grow vegetables, and weren't sure what to do with them once they did. They learned, though, as part of a project by a local college to help a community hard-hit by the recession grow some of its own food.

Weekend garden warriors need to grab their gloves and get busy. It's first Friday, and here's another list of chores from the Gnome, courtesy of Richmond County extension agent Sid Mullis' free booklet, Gardening Calendar.

One of the showiest houseplants during the holidays is the Christmas cactus. It makes a great gift because it is easy to grow.

Planting seeds is a satisfying way to grow trees and shrubs, and gives you a special affection for the plants. Don't be put off by how long it takes: Unless you are interested in flowering or fruiting, you can expect plenty of shoot growth from most young trees and shrubs.

We are well into fall, and we've had plenty of rain, and yet many people are still watering their lawns as they did in July or August.

Fall is a busy time for decorating, second only to Christmas, and the period when vegetables are valued more for their beauty than their flavor.

WASHINGTON -- Cupboards at a soup kitchen near the White House will be spilling over for several days after a donation of fresh produce harvested Thursday from first lady Michelle Obama's vegetable garden.

MILWAUKEE -- After years of tilling away in obscurity, Will Allen has found sudden fame as the face of the urban farming movement.