Lazy Susan for Houseplants
If you have a lazy susan in your kitchen that you don’t use much, you might want to recycle itContinue Reading
Author: Larry Hodgson
Garden writer and blogger, author of 65 gardening books, lecturer and communicator, the Laidback Gardener, Larry Hodgson, passed away in October 2022. Known for his great generosity, his thoroughness and his sense of humor, he reached several generations of amateur and professional gardeners over his 40-year career.
Thanks to his son, Mathieu Hodgson, and a team of contributors, laidbackgardener.blog will continue its mission of demystifying gardening and making it more accessible to all.
F1 hybrids are not GMOs!
I write about gardening every day and get very little negative feedback… yet every time I include the termContinue Reading
Powdery Mildew Resistant Cucumbers
As you make your seed purchases for the summer garden, remember that the first step in disease prevention is toContinue Reading
2017: Year of the Rose
Each year the National Garden Bureau, a non-profit organization promoting the pleasures of home gardening, selects one bulb, one annual,Continue Reading
Forcing Branches For an Early Spring
Spring isn’t coming around fast enough for you? Well, you can make it happen much earlier by forcing branches fromContinue Reading
Late Winter, Early Spring: Time to Prune Your Houseplants
Don’t hesitate to prune houseplants that have gotten too tall, overgrown or lopsided or are taking up too much space:Continue Reading
North, South, East or West?
Today’s blog might seem a bit simplistic to some readers, but could be useful to others: how to determine whichContinue Reading
Some Like It Wet
Usually I tell houseplant owners to never leave their plants soaking too long in a saucer of water, but rather toContinue Reading
A long-standing horticultural mystery finally solved!
A 70-year old horticultural mystery was recently solved, one I’d thought a lot about over the years. You see, I’veContinue Reading
The Sweet Potato is Transgenic
The first transgenic organism was not produced by a megacorporation. It was created by Mother Nature a long time ago. ThisContinue Reading