The Year My Thumb Went From Green to Black
Almost 40 years ago, my wife and I had an extraordinary apartment… for plants at least. Wall-to-wall windows facing south-east, aContinue Reading
Category: Gardening
When to Repot Houseplants?
Many authors insist you should repot your houseplants in the spring (late February through April) and that is indeed anContinue Reading
How to Read a Seed Packet
Wouldn’t it be nice if some sort of international commission could force seed growers to all use the same symbolsContinue Reading
Get Thee to a Garden Center!
Is the unseasonably warm weather in many areas this year making you think of spring? Well, don’t just think aboutContinue Reading
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
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