Save by Buying “Plugs”
In recent years, many of the garden centers in my area have started to offer their retail clients rooted cuttingsContinue Reading
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Hard Frosts Don’t Harm Bulbs
There has been an early spring in many areas, with the result that bulbous plants are popping up extra early.Continue Reading
How to Repot a Cactus and Live to Tell the Tale
So, you just love your cactus to death. It’s so cute and prickly that it is just adorable. But it’sContinue Reading
The Four Gardening Seasons
Medias everywhere will be telling you that today is the first day of spring. Or they did so yesterday. (It’sContinue Reading
Seedlings in an Eggshell: Another Gardening Myth?
Did you know that you can sow seeds in empty eggshells? And that egg cartons can then be used toContinue Reading
English Cucumbers Don’t Like Company
Those long narrow cucumbers you see wrapped in plastic in supermarkets, the ones with thin skins you don’t have toContinue Reading
Grow Your Own Shamrock Indoors
It is said that on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, everybody is Irish. Okay, but are you an Irish gardener?Continue Reading
Pronouncing Botanical Names
Impressed when a guest speaker rolls off a complicated botanical name as if it were the easiest thing in theContinue Reading
Seeds to Sow: Mid-March
The choice of seeds to sow indoors explodes in mid-March! This really is the time to start so many seeds… butContinue Reading
Starting Cuttings in Water: Not Such a Good Idea
For generations, gardeners have been rooting cuttings in a glass of water placed on the windowsill. And it works… sometimes.Continue Reading