It's August and in many perennial flower gardens, the color show has waned. Maybe the rudbeckias and echinaceas are still going strong, but many flower gardens can benefit from a pop of color from some late summer and fall bloomers.

Whether it's a cantaloupe, honeydew or watermelon, there's something about the sun warmed, sweet, juicy taste of a melon.

Knowing when to harvest berries is key to getting the tastiest, sweetest fruits.

While powdery mildew disease usually doesn't kill plants, it can reduce production of vegetables and be unsightly in a garden. Luckily, there are many ways to reduce the infection.

Little bluestem grass is a hardy, clumping grass native to the prairies that has visual interest from summer through winter. Unlike other ornamental grasses where the show really starts in fall, little bluestem has attractive blue gray, spiky leaves all summer that turn an orange-red color in autumn.

There's nothing like the taste of home grown cantaloupes and other melons from your garden. The warm summer weather is perfect for melon growing, but now also is a time when problems can arise. So, let's do a little melon troubleshooting.

There are many native bees, such as squash bees, digger bees, and leaf cutter bees, that are solitary insects and very efficient pollinators. Did you know it only takes two mason bees to pollinate a whole apple tree?

Adult potato beetles are large black and tan striped beetles that are active now, laying yellowish-orange eggs on the undersides of leaves. Here's how to stop them, and their progeny, in their tracks.

Baptisia, or false indigo, is a hardy native perennial that features colorful, pea-like flowers on a large, flowing plant. There are a few things you should know about this shrub-like plant before adding one to your garden.

Sweet corn is a great home garden vegetable to grow, if you have room. But even if you don't, some varieties can fit in containers. With new and unusual varieties available, it may be time to grow a sweet corn patch this summer.