The ancient art of bonsai continually fascinates beginners, experts, old and young alike. It's an opportunity to bring nature indoors or to your garden. It's also a meditation technique and a way of ...
Growing Milkweed: How to Plant and Raise This Invaluable “Weed”
Common milkweed arguably isn’t the prettiest plant. It’s tall and gangly, with modest blooms and huge seed pods that dominate the plant in early autumn. Most people aren't growing milkweed for its ...
Growing Apriums: How to Plant, Care For, and Harvest These Tasty Hybrids
I love it when clever gardeners combine the best parts of two different fruits to produce something amazing. One of my favorite fruit hybrids (besides lemonades) is aprium. If you've never heard of ...
Growing Orchids: A Beginners Guide to Caring For Orchids
Orchids are perhaps one of the most famous flowers in the world. They're also surrounded by myths about how difficult they are to try growing. They have an exclusive air to them, but the truth is many ...
How to Grow and Take Care of Fiddle-Leaf Figs
When I first started growing plants over a decade ago, I only wanted to grow those that would provide food for my family. Then I found fiddle-leaf figs (Ficus lyrata). Unlike the fig trees in my ...
Growing Mangosteen: How to Plant, Raise and Harvest the Queen of Tropical Fruit
If you're tired of growing the same old fruits, then mangosteen may be for you. This is a famously picky tree to grow, but after reading this guide, you'll be armed to grow one of the tastiest ...
Growing Dates: How to Plant and Care For Date Palms
A date palm might not be most gardeners' first choice when it comes to growing fruit. Traditional orchard trees like olives or stone fruits get all the attention. But for people in the right climate, ...
13 Best Italian Eggplant Varieties to Consider Growing
I’m a big fan of growing eggplant in the garden. It’s easy to grow and easy to cook - and let’s not forget how delicious it is. I’ve always stuck to the classic globe eggplant (also known as the ...
Growing Black Medic: How to Plant, Raise, and Use This Versatile “Weed”
One of the wonderful things about studying plants for home gardens is finding one that others consider a weed is actually a useful, beneficial plant. Black medic is one such example. You can find ...