High Humidity = Happy Houseplants!
As fall nights get cooler, heating systems start to operate… and the air in our homes becomes drier and drier.Continue Reading
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Stop Your Weeping Fig from Losing its Leaves
It happens all the time: you see a beautiful weeping fig (Ficus benjamina) on sale at a really good price,Continue Reading
Blast Bugs into Oblivion
Sometimes gardeners become so used to sophisticated techniques and magic insecticide formulas that we forget that the simplest means can alsoContinue Reading
Shredding Leaves with a String Trimmer
Every gardener knows that it is better to chop fall leaves into small pieces before using them as compost or applyingContinue Reading
Continue Mowing Grass Through the Fall
As nights get colder and colder, remember that lawn grasses continue to grow throughout much of the fall, usually onlyContinue Reading
Fall Leaves: Shred Before Use
It’s he-re! Temperatures have dropped, frost is in the air (and has already hit some gardens), leaves are changing color: there isContinue Reading
Chrysanthemums for Cold Climates
In moderate climates, that is hardiness zones 6 to 9, the most popular fall flower is the garden chrysanthemum, oftenContinue Reading
Color Confusion
It happens every spring. The tender bulbs (gladiolus, tuberous begonia, canna, dahlia, etc.) you brought indoors the previous fall start toContinue Reading
Autumn Bouquets
Autumn is the best season to make dried flower arrangements, because so many fall flowers dry on the spot, inContinue Reading
The Jerusalem Artichoke: the Easiest Vegetable!
When Jacques Cartier stopped in the little Iroquoian village Stadacona during his second trip to the New World in 1535,Continue Reading