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	Gardening Articles: Health :: Garden Crafts Features Maintaining Container Gardens By National Gardening Association Editors These simple maintenance tasks keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold-climate gardeners prepare for... more More Features: Making a Water Garden Bird Feeder Basics Grow Your Own Gourmet Mushrooms Search and Browse: Browse all articles in this topic Zip to Zone To find out your zone enter your zip and click "Go >" Tip of the Day Protect Roses Protect tender roses by mounding bark 1 foot above the bud union. Once the ground is frozen, pound four wooden stakes into the soil around the rose, wrap the bush with burlap, and fasten it together with rope. What's New More Winterizing of the Garden Here are some more activities to attend to before winter's chill settles in: Veggies Wait to cut asparagus ferns until they've turned completely brown, generally after the first hard frost. By then, they've reabsorbed all their energy back into the crowns for next year's edible shoots. ... [more] Also in the news: Propagation Station Holiday Gifts from the Gardener Holiday Cactus