Looking for an easy plant to care for? Try a succulent. Any plant with fleshy stems or leaves is called a succulent. Aside from cacti, only a few other plant families have succulent members. All these succulents, cactus or not, are low-maintenance....

"Soil don't get no respect," Rodney Dangerfield might have said (but didn't). Perhaps you know your state bird or flower, but do you know your state soil? Well, in recent years soil has begun to get more respect. Since the celebration of the Soil...

In some gardening circles, a gardener's skill is measured by how soon he or she gets the first bowl of shelling peas on the table. Peas are a good choice for such competition, because raising a good crop demands the best soil you can muster as well...