Cuyahoga County Master Gardener Volunteers are contributing to the Cleveland Plain Dealer Horticulture Column this year:

How plants survive a long, cold Northeast Ohio winter by Lois Rose

How to predict the order that trees and shrubs in your garden will bloom by Lois Rose

How to wake up your Northeast Ohio garden with these spring chores by Christine Harris

The wonders of witch hazel in Northeast Ohio by Tammy Currier

The earliest spring vegetables you can plant in Northeast Ohio by Lois Rose

Get a head-start on spring by forcing blooms by Lois Rose

Climate change can mean fewer birds in our Northeast Ohio yards. Here is how to help by Lois Rose

The problem with peat and what could replace it by Lois Rose

Milk Jug Magic: How to start spring seedlings outside — in the thick snow of winter by Lois Rose

Salt, frost-heaving, and more – the best ways to protect your Northeast Ohio garden this winter by Lois Rose

How to care for your poinsettia after the holidays by Lois Rose

Gardening tools you can use in the new year by Lois Rose

How to tell a spruce from fir, and which is best for holiday decorating by Lois Rose and Darin Croft

Worms are a gardener’s best friend – how to vericompost food scraps inside your house by Lois Rose

Remontant flowers that bloom more than once in Northeast Ohio by Darin Croft

Gift idea? Houseplants so hardy, they thrive on benign neglect by Shayna Sharpe

How to compost in your Northeast Ohio yard by Lois Rose

Holy Guacamole! How to start your own avocado tree from a pip by Shayna Sharpe

How and why you should leave the leaves in your yard this fall by Darin Croft

How much should you water your Northeast Ohio garden during a drought by Lois Rose

Winter is catalog season for Northeast Ohio gardeners by Lois Rose

How to treat your houseplants this winter by Shayna Sharpe

How to garden past the first frost in Northeast Ohio by Shayna Sharpe

What to plant in container gardens during fall in Northeast Ohio by Dale Ann Guidroz

How to start prepping your Northeast Ohio garden this fall, for winter by Christine Harris

What to plant over a septic tank? And should you plant a known invasive in your yard? by Dale Ann Guidroz

When and what should you prune in Northeast Ohio in the fall by Lois Rose

The best way to care for your beloved hydrangeas in Northeast Ohio by Dale Ann Guidroz

• Buckeye Yard and Garden Line
• Latin Pronunciation Guide
• Ohioline Fact Sheets
• OSU Bee Lab
• OSU Growing Degree Days / Phenology Calendar
• OSU State Master Gardener Site
• OSU Summit County Site
• Secrest Arboretum
• USDA Plants Database