Category: Plants

I’ve long loved keeping bulbs blooming all winter long in my home, but I’m usually not very good at watering and caring for them. I […]

If you celebrate Christmas, you’ll probably put up a Christmas tree of some kind to mark the occasion (and put gifts under it). While artificial […]

Welcome to December, fellow gardeners. For some lucky people living in the deep southeast or southwest, there’s still some sunshine and tomatoes. For the rest […]

Experienced gardeners in parts of the country with cold and potentially snowy winters don’t have to worry about frost. Over time, they figure out when […]

After spending the spring, summer and part of the fall tending to your garden and yard, you may be tempted to turn your attention to […]

With the holidays approaching, adding some cheer to our indoor spaces with flowering plants can be a welcome break from the increasingly gray landscape outside. […]

Much gardening advice is based on a four-season climate, but a large portion of the United States population is just now entering ideal weather for […]

My “autumn leaf philosophy” has changed a lot over the years, from laissez faire due to disinterest, to being deeply responsible for bagging every last […]

At the end of winter in my garden, I’m hanging over the starting block like an Olympic swimmer: I’ve ordered the seeds, sowed the beds, […]

“Biophilic design” is a term used to describe the overall connection to nature in the composition of an interior space. Humans tend to be drawn […]

Now is the time to evaluate your houseplants. They help satisfy your green thumb during the fall and winter months, they break up the harsh […]

As part of your fall gardening checklist , you’ll likely prepare your tools and equipment for winter storage. It’s a good idea to wash everything […]

Flower pots are fantastic: they are portable, easy to set up anywhere and come in different heights. If you plant the bulbs in pots, you’ll […]

Saving seeds seems like a difficult task until you actually do it. But with the cost of a packet of seeds now ranging from $4 […]

The streets in my neighborhood are littered with piles of wood chips every few houses as everyone prepares to “hibernate.” Me too – I always […]

I replant my pumpkins every year—and for good reason. They start out slow, and just as the vines begin to bloom and the pumpkins emerge, […]

Autumn brings out my neat-loving outdoorsman. I feel an urgent need to zip up my things in the yard before the cold weather hits. After […]

As you create your fall gardening checklist , you may have questions about what to do with your lawn before winter sets in, such as […]

The sometimes magical, sometimes annoying thing about your garden is how much it changes. At the beginning of summer, everything looks very different than it […]

Spring may be the season we associate with planting new plants in our gardens and yards, but some flowers , vegetables and other greens are […]

My garden is magnificent now: people stop in the street and admire it. This time next month it will look like complete crap. When the […]

Put out the watering can: the season is over, and everything you watered is now just a habit. Before the rain even starts, it’s time […]

In the corner of your local nursery, tucked away in the back, a worker is piling up an endless stream of dead plants and tossing […]

This time of year, gardeners have some difficult choices to make. Rain and cold nights pose risks to your vegetables on the plant, but you […]

Sometime last week the season changed. The heat gave way to heavy rain, and although the temperature reached 80 degrees again a few days later, […]

One of the problems with gardening is that with annual vegetables, you have to start over every year. Of course, you are advancing with your […]

The real measure of any home gardener is the first tomato. Not just a tomato, but one of those giant slices that they will display […]

It’s September , which means it’s time to plant spring-blooming bulbous flowers like daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips. If you’re new to gardening, it can take […]

By this point in the season, you’re probably fed up with annoying, tousled grass growing between cracks in your driveway, dandelions dotting your patio, and […]

When I left Arizona for the Pacific Northwest thirteen years ago, I assumed I would never need air conditioning again. Now I sit at the […]

If you are in that part of the world where the hellish temperature of +23 degrees is now, I will see you. It may be […]

Contrary to popular belief, houseplants are not natural air purifiers , capable of “purifying” the air before you inhale it. However , they also have […]

In his ongoing series “Am I Lazy or Is It ADHD?” I’ve come up with the perfect way to stop killing your houseplants. Now I […]

Many gardeners in the US have become embroiled in a controversy that has been dubbed the ” jalapeno gate ” in the press and social […]

Composting has a negative factor. Between gardening and cooking, I generate a lot of waste that goes straight to the green bin for urban composting, […]

Garden soil may seem like the right choice for an outdoor container garden, but as it turns out, there are better options out there. Here’s […]

Winters are long, dark, wet and cold. When the first buds of spring flowers begin to bloom in March, it’s like a dopamine rush, giving […]

Capers are an exclamation mark on a dish. The tiny buds of pickled brightness function as a kind of tonic. All tomato sauces and any […]

In my garden, I am a hero. I raised these baby plants – I fed and watered them, encouraged them with daily affirmations, and then […]

Pruning, the practice of cutting dead flowers off a plant, has long been considered a way to prolong the flowering of plants. It is based […]