After a long winter, gardeners eagerly await the first blooms to appear in spring. Crocus plants are some of the first little flowers to start growing when the weather gets warmer. You can sometimes ...
How to Use a Mustard Pour to Combat Destructive Insects
Growing food is difficult enough without crawling interlopers wreaking havoc. Slugs, snails, beetle larvae, and cutworms are just a few species that can annihilate our plants. Many of the methods we ...
Growing Daffodils: How to Plant and Care for This Early Spring Beauty
Some flowers are just classics. Daffodils are one such flower, and for good reason. Daffodils in bloom signal the warming of the Earth and the coming growing season. Daffodils add cheerful color to ...
How to Keep a Garden Journal to Make You a Better Gardener
Journaling is one of the most rewarding hobbies. Each journal is a beautiful and unique way to record your thoughts, plan your dreams, or track cyclical events. I use journals as reading logs, weekly ...
How to Grow and Take Care of Forsythia – The Early Spring Wonder
The first sign that spring has arrived is when you spot eye-catching forsythia shrubs bursting with color. It’s hard to miss those vibrant yellow forsythia growing out there, especially when the rest ...
Growing and Caring for Tree Philodendrons
It's not a tree, nor a philodendron, but whatever you call them, tree philodendrons are extremely cool to have growing in your space. These distinctive plants have massive, fenestrated leaves that you ...
How to Make and Use a Miniature Indoor Greenhouse
You don't need to have a huge homestead with acres of land to grow plants in a greenhouse. In fact, you don't need any land at all. Miniature greenhouses are the perfect solution for growing ...
Growing Hellebores: How to Plant and Care for This Winter Bloomer
Sunny spaces in your summer garden are easy to fill with color because so many plants love the sun and bloom in summer. But what about shady spots? Or winter color? If you're growing hellebores in ...
Repotting Houseplants: When, How and Why You Should Repot Your Plant
Happy houseplants are a wonderful thing. Most need little maintenance or special skills. But under the soil line on a thriving plant, the roots are growing away becoming overcrowded. At that point, ...