When Are My Veggies Ready to Harvest?
By Larry Hodgson When you’re a beginning gardener growing your first vegetables, you can generally easily find information on theirContinue Reading
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Polka Dot Plant: The August 2021 Houseplant of the Month
By Larry Hodgson With its leaves appearing to be covered in freckles, the polka dot plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya) or hypoestes, standsContinue Reading
Spring Bulbs Will Be In Short Supply This Fall: Order Early!
By Larry Hodgson There won’t be the usual wide choice of spring bulbs in garden centers this fall. Like lastContinue Reading
The Weedy Bellflower
By Larry Hodgson I’ve grown all sorts of bellflowers (Campanula spp.) over my lifetime as a gardener, from short, creeping orContinue Reading
How to Tell If a Plant is a Weed
Here’s an old gardening adage you might want to apply. If you’re not sure if a plant is a weedContinue Reading
What’s the Difference Between a Turnip and a Rutabaga?
By Larry Hodgson Question: I read with interest your article Why Didn’t My Turnips Produce a Bulb?, which made me think yetContinue Reading
Garden Myth: The Importance of Starter Fertilizer
By Larry Hodgson When scientists first started studying how minerals affected plant growth back in the 1940s and 1950s, theyContinue Reading
What Is an Invasive Plant?
By Larry Hodgson Over the last few months, usually after I’ve published a list of plants for various uses (groundcoversContinue Reading
Why Are My Pansy Flowers Shrinking?
By Larry Hodgson Question: I’ve been saving and resowing the seeds of my pansies. Three years ago, they had big flowers,Continue Reading
Dealing With Black Vine Weevil
By Larry Hodgson Here’s a pest you rarely see, but whose damage is quite obvious: notches cut into the leafContinue Reading