Home Composting: The Right Ingredients
With the gardening season picking up speed, it’s time to think about composting. And it’s not very complicated: any organicContinue Reading
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When Houseplants Receive Too Much Light*
The truth is that more indoor plants lack light than receive too much of it. Even so-called “low-light plants” (whichContinue Reading
Flowering Plants for Mother’s Day
Tradition has that you give Mom a bouquet of flowers for her day and that’s fine. Even so, I haveContinue Reading
Finding Your Garden Center Guru
Almost every garden center has a plant guru: a person so knowledgeable about plants and plant care that all theContinue Reading
Skip a Year to Control Carrot Flies
Sometimes the easiest way to regain control over carrot rust flies, Psila rosae, also called carrot root maggots, is simplyContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Juicy Fruit Gum to Control Moles!
Moles can be quite a problem for gardeners. Given that they reside underground and only come out at night (andContinue Reading
Scratch Your Tree to See If It’s Alive
It’s spring and everything is coming back to life. Except one of your trees or shrubs. While all other woodyContinue Reading
When “Annual” Vegetables Survive the Winter
If you didn’t thoroughly clean out your vegetable garden last fall (which, incidentally, you certainly don’t need to do, asContinue Reading
Pruning Shrubs Is Rarely Obligatory
Strangely enough, when someone buys a shrub, their first question is often: “When do I prune it?” But that’s not theContinue Reading
The World’s Weirdest Tomato?
Have you ever seen or grown a ‘Reisetomate’? It’s a tomato cultivar with strange, bumpy fruit, like a cluster ofContinue Reading