How to Keep Vegetables From Cross-Pollinating
The recent article Gardening Myth: If You Plant Hot Peppers and Sweet Peppers Together, It Will Alter Their Taste, whichContinue Reading
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Garden Myth: If You Plant Hot Peppers and Sweet Peppers Together, It Will Alter Their Taste
You often hear the tip that it’s important not to grow hot peppers (chili peppers) and sweet peppers (bell peppers)Continue Reading
When To Sow or Plant Out Your Annuals
An annual is a plant that goes through its entire cycle of growth from seed to seedling to flowering toContinue Reading
The Pot-in-pot Method
How to Switch Out Plants Instantly In general, when you garden, you want to grow plants the most permanent wayContinue Reading
Beware of Garden Myths!
If there’s one thing that gardeners like to do, it’s chatting with their neighbors about their horticultural successes and failures.Continue Reading
In Praise of Tall Trees
An important element of residential landscaping seems to be going the way of the dodo in modern cities. Tall treesContinue Reading
10 Essential Tools for the Laidback Gardener
I have lots of tools in my shed that I never use. Or very, very rarely. I bought them onContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Epsom Salts as a Cure-All
If you search the Internet, you will see many sites that advocate the use of Epsom salts in gardening. SomeContinue Reading
Coming to Grips with Ragweed
If you sneeze more often than normal between the beginning of August and the end of September, if your eyesContinue Reading
Tips For Fertilizing Your Lawn In An Eco-Friendly Way
A Guest Blog by Ann Katelyn of Sumo Gardener “I’m Ann, I have dedicated most of my life in gardening.Continue Reading