This Earth Day, embrace some more Earth friendly gardening practices, like reusing plastic pots, forgoing pesticides and planting pollinator friendly lawns.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

With bigger and more frequent rain events brought on by human-caused climate change, you can either raise up your garden or try planting things that thrive in wetter conditions.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

Spring greens can add brightness and flavor to your meals. Forage for some wintercress or dandelions or cultivate new types, like rapini and upland cress.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

Instead of traditional tilling, or turning of the soil to prepare it for spring planting, the "no-dig" method is just that. No digging keeps the billions of helpful microbes intact in the soil. It could lead to fewer weeds and healthier soil and plants.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

When and how to prune hydrangeas can really help set up the plant for better blooms.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

Planting a pollinator garden is a great addition to a yard, but if you're low on space, consider replacing grass with these ground covers that are just as attractive and beneficial to pollinators.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

Peas aren't just green anymore! Pea plants come in three types: snap, snow and shelling. And some varieties grow in yellow and purple shades. Find a new, colorful favorite to plant in your gardens and raised beds.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

Heuchera or coral bells are perennials in the evergreen family and come in many flower colors — but it's the pink, purple, and yellow foliage that packs the maximum color punch.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

"Purple" is a new tomato from the Norfolk Plant Science group in England that has genes from a purple snapdragon flower. That modification gives the tomato its deep purple hue through and through, plus packs in more antioxidants.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

All Things Gardening discusses a recent National Garden Bureau article that pairs Zodiac signs with the plants and flowers that complement them best. Plus, a potting soil solution for dryness.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

Zinnias are annual flowers that bloom reliably from mid-summer to frost, are pollinator and butterfly magnets, make great cut flowers and are easy to grow.By Mary Williams Engisch, Charlie Nardozzi

Charlie Nardozzi is traveling in India and visiting a local garden center there. Nardozzi noticed several plants, flowers and veggies that grow well in Vermont, too.By Mary Williams Engisch, Charlie Nardozzi

Houseplants add color and act as sponges, soaking up carbon dioxide while adding oxygen. Still, there are a range of issues that can befall plant owners trying to keep certain houseplants thriving.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

While getting your hands into the warm soil is months off, you can grow small crops of microgreens indoors! These small batches of tender veggie shoots are great additions to salads, soups and smoothies.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

Common favorite houseplants like philodendrons and rubber trees come in varying colors, shapes and sizes.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

While the winter chill draws you indoors and you're dreaming of spring and summer gardening, leaf through seed catalogs (virtually or in-hand). Many local and regional seed companies offer heirloom and hardy vegetable plants in hundreds of varieties.By Charlie Nardozzi, Mary Williams Engisch

A small patch of colorful, ornamental berry bushes could elevate your holiday decorating game next year.By Mary Williams Engisch, Charlie Nardozzi

If you have large outdoor planters or containers, try filling them with cut branches, berry twigs and needled evergreen boughs for rustic, natural holiday decorations this season.By Mary Williams Engisch, Charlie Nardozzi

A living tree can make a fun centerpiece for your holiday celebrations! Choose from lots of different needle-bearing live trees from your local nursery. Each year, you can decorate indoors, then replant outdoors.By Mary Williams Engisch, Charlie Nardozzi