When to Sow Over 80 Vegetables and Herbs
Wouldn’t life be easier for gardeners if there were only one date at which we could sow all our gardenContinue Reading
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The Weather Thistle: Nature’s Living Barometer
So, is it going to rain? Or can you expect a sunny day? These days, we just pull out ourContinue Reading
How the Spider Plant Got Its Name
I’ve always assumed the spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) got its name from its hanging stems, ones that drip down likeContinue Reading
2018: The Year of the Beet
Every year, the National Garden Bureau, a non-profit organization promoting the pleasures of home gardening, selects one perennial, one annual, oneContinue Reading
Study OKs Watering Orchids with Ice Cubes
I was wrong and (some of) you were right! For years, I’ve been telling home gardeners not to water theirContinue Reading
Grow Your Own Living Sticky Trap!
Yellow sticky traps have been around for over a century (flypaper was patented in 1910) and gardeners know them well.Continue Reading
Rainbow Tomatoes: Yet Another Gardening Ripoff!
A reader sent me the photo above … after she had ordered the seed, unfortunately. She wanted to knowContinue Reading
How to Remember Botanical Names
Novice gardeners are often terrified of botanical names. Given their Latin and Greek origins, learning them often seems daunting. So why not justContinue Reading
Time to Give Your Bulbs a Once-Over
Many gardeners store tender bulbs indoors over the winter: gladiolus, cannas, callas, potatoes, tuberous begonias, etc. At the present time, they’reContinue Reading
The African Violet Changes Its Name
The African violet, one of the world’s most popular houseplants, has a new botanical name. (To further understand why botanicalContinue Reading