You can plant an olive pit and grow an olive tree either indoors or outside. Use an olive pit from an organic tree, rather than from a jar of olives you got at the store. Be patient! It can take years ...

Bring the Mediterranean to your garden. Olive trees are native to the Mediterranean basin—Northern Africa, Western Asia, and Southeastern Europe—and have been beautifying gardens since antiquity. In ...

Garden chores tend to disappear and work outdoors slows down as plants — and gardeners — go dormant for the winter. However, the enjoyment you get out of your backyard doesn't have to be over. If ...

Planting annual flowers can be a frustrating endeavor: You spend a lot of money (either on seeds or starts) and invest all that time in planting, just to watch them die at the end of the season.