Pull Your Plants Back from the Window
In spring, the light in front of a south- or west-facing window becomes more intense and abundant daily and also starts toContinue Reading
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In Home Landscaping, Start With the Most Urgent
You’ve decided to do much of your landscaping yourself, step by step? Bravo! That’s perfectly feasible and will give youContinue Reading
How to Make Your Yard Dog-Friendly
The dog, we are told, is man’s best friend… but that’s not always true in the garden. Grass ripped out,Continue Reading
How to Grow a Monster Leaf Paulownia
The paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa), also called princess tree, royal empress tree or foxglove tree, is theoretically a fairly tall, fast-growingContinue Reading
Spring Snow: Just Let It Melt!
With spring finally underway (sort of!), it’s very tempting to try to get any remaining snow off our lawns and flower beds asContinue Reading
Trap Plants for Slugs
A trap plant—also known as a trap crop or a sacrificial crop—is a plant that you grow specifically to attractContinue Reading
Sniff Houseplants Before You Buy!
These days, horticulture seems to have taken a huge step backward. Garden centers now currently sell plants in “designer pots*,”Continue Reading
Fast and Easy Repotting
When repotting a plant, normally you would take the time to carefully inspect the roots, trim off a few dead ones,Continue Reading
Give Away Your Mower: There’s Now A Self-Mowing Lawn!
Researchers at the Aprilscherz Institute of Horticultural Technology of Wunschdenken, Germany, have announced the development of a self-mowing lawn grassContinue Reading
Is It Really Necessary to Emasculate Easter Lilies?
There’s a persistent and long-held belief that you have to remove the anthers (the orange structures that emerge from theContinue Reading