As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

Spring is here and whether you've a balcony or a big yard, it is great time to garden. Maybe you're growing some vegetables this season or experimenting with new plants. But nothing says 'Spring' ...

Miami-Dade’s canals aren’t exactly scenic. More often than not they’re full of discarded tires and plastic bags — and so polluted from fertilizer runoff, dog poop and sewage leaks that experts ...

Dear Master Gardener: The leaves of my spider plant are a sickly pale green. I have it near a south window. Is it getting too much light? Answer: There are several reasons why a spider plant loses its ...

Picking rocks out of Missouri dirt may be a never-ending endeavor, but what about gardening in clay soil? This week's column ...

The wait — determining which plants will survive and which will die — after our February freeze continues. Dozens of readers are writing in with questions about their ground cover, shrubs, flowers and ...

The onion family is a familiar workhorse of the vegetable garden with cousins leek, shallot, garlic, chives and garlic chives joining the mainstream yellow, white and red slicing onion. Much less ...

The United States Botanic Garden previously announced that the corpse flowers would bloom between July 19 to July 22. This post has been updated as of today. Get ready for a real stinker: the United ...