Where does pyrethrum come from?
Scientists are looking at ways to make more of this natural pesticide By Susan Fisk If you’re a gardener, youContinue 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.
What’s Cutting Round Holes In My Plant’s Leaves?
By Larry Hodgson What in the world causes the semicircular holes you see in the leaves of your garden plants,Continue Reading
Why and How to Promote Water Infiltration in the Garden?
By Céline SchaldembrandCommunication Campaigns and Projects ManagerROBVQ According to NASA, 2020 was the hottest year on record. And the summerContinue Reading
How to Start a Garden – 10 Steps to Gardening for Beginners
A guest blog by Heather Bristol Having your own garden can be something exciting, especially when everything you plant startsContinue Reading
The Forest: the Perfect Landscape for the Laidback Gardener
By Larry Hodgson If you’re lucky enough to have a section of forest on part of your lot, don’t complain.Continue Reading
Less Fertilizer, Healthier Lawn!
By Larry Hodgson The idea that a lawn absolutely needs fertilizer, and that the more you fertilize it, the betterContinue Reading
Geranium or Pelargonium? More than 230 Years of Confusion
By Larry Hodgson For over 230 years now, gardeners have known that their garden geraniums (zonal geraniums, scented geraniums, ivyContinue Reading
Only Male Flowers on Cucurbits? Give It Time!
By Larry Hodgson If you’re fairly new at home gardening, you may find growing cucurbits (cucumbers, squashes, melons, etc.) aContinue Reading
My Garden Featured in National Magazine
By Larry Hodgson Would you believe my garden—my personal gardening space around my home in Quebec City—has been featured inContinue Reading
THE 2021 PERENNIAL PLANT OF THE YEAR®
CALAMINTHA NEPETA SUBSP. NEPETA (syn. Clinopodium nepeta nepeta) Lesser Calamint Like a cloud of confetti, tiny white flowers (sometimes touched with paleContinue Reading