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"Glads" are tall, showy perennials and are part of the iris family. Their tall stems flower with multiple blooms along the stalk and come in many colors and heights.

Wetter weather suits some garden critters, like slugs and snails. Slugs, especially, will eat your basil, lettuce, marigolds and more. Certain pesticide-free techniques can save your garden from becoming a slugfest this summer.

Some garden plants grow quite large and take up lots of space, like cucumbers and pumpkins. But summer squash � like zucchini and yellow crookneck � can be grown vertically if you have limited real estate in your garden.

Their heady fragrance can transport you; plant tall or smaller flowering shrubs for color and scent all season.

Capture and conserve storm water from heavy rains in gardens planted with water-loving flowers or catch it in a rain barrel.

This Earth Day, embrace some more Earth friendly gardening practices, like reusing plastic pots, forgoing pesticides and planting pollinator friendly lawns.

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.

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.

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.

When and how to prune hydrangeas can really help set up the plant for better blooms.