Do Trees Melt Snow?
Snow clearly melts more quickly around tree trunks, but why? Photo: www.faculty.luther.edu Question: There’s a sugar maple forest behind my house.Continue Reading
Category: Gardening
The Big Bug Hunt Launches
Over the past five years, The Big Bug Hunt has invited participants to report the bugs found in their gardens. By discoveringContinue Reading
A Handy Seed Date Calculator
Not sure when to sow the seeds of vegetables, herbs and common flowers? Johnny’s Selected Seeds has a handy-dandy on-lineContinue Reading
Tomatoes Resistant to Late Blight
Tomatoes showing tell-tale symptoms of late blight. Photo: Downtowngal, Wikimedia Commons New strains of tomato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) appearedContinue Reading
Spring Flowers for a Happy Easter
Easter display including narcissus and muscari. Easter is the time for togetherness, colored eggs, Easter egg trees and, of course,Continue Reading
Patio Peonies: A New Look at an Old Favorite
Patio peony ‘Oslo’: the perfect choice for a deck or patio. Photo: green-works.nl Most of us know peonies (Paeonia spp.) asContinue Reading
Squashes Resistant to Powdery Mildew
Powdery mildew attacks various squash species in mid to late summer. Photo: gardenerd.comldew Powdery mildew (PM), in which a whiteContinue Reading
Common Houseplant Cleans the Air in South Africa
Some people feel the elephant bush (Portulcaria afra), commonly grown as a houseplant elsewhere, may become the climate change saviourContinue Reading
Put Your Mulch to Double Use: Grow Mushrooms!
Edible mushrooms grown in ordinary garden mulch. Photo: Etienne Durand E-mail message: I’m a big fan of your blog and readContinue Reading
Gardening as Coronavirus Therapy
Photo: www.piqsels.com I don’t know about you, but I’m in a self-imposed coronavirus lockdown. Actually, it’s more a wife-imposed lockdown:Continue Reading