Spider plants are some of the hardiest houseplants out there. These effusive-looking, bright green little plants can survive a lot of neglect. If you're sick of babying your houseplants, you should be ...
How to Grow and Care for Lucky Bamboo in Your Home
Lucky bamboo plants are a popular choice as their lovely appearance adds some personality to your home. Bamboo plants are a popular symbol in feng shui and are admired in Asian cultures for their ...
How to Choose the Perfect Container for Your Houseplants
A common question from people who grow houseplants is how to choose the correct container for their plants. Having indoor plants can be a very satisfying thing for people, especially for those who ...
How to Plant, Grow and Care For Rhododendrons
When the early spring garden still looks winter bare, you can always rely on rhododendrons to brighten the landscape. This shrub has big branches with masses of colorful blooms that emerge early in ...
How to Grow Christmas Cactus and Make it Bloom
Providing vibrant, cheerful flowers during the holidays, Christmas cactus plants are a classic choice for growing in the home. When you hear the word cactus, you probably picture a big, succulent ...
Growing Rye: How to Plant, Care For, and Harvest This Healthy Cereal
While we may just think of rye as a necessary part of pumpernickel bread, it’s so much more. I love baking with rye, cooking with rye berries, and using rye as a cover crop to nourish the soil in ...
Everything You Need To Know About Growing Agave
Agave plants are beautiful and practically maintenance-free. Once you plant them, they'll liven up sunny, dry areas in your yard and you don't have to do much else besides sit and watch them grow. ...
Earthworms: Invasive Pests Or Beneficial Friends?
Most of us who live in North America were raised to think of earthworms as beneficial garden allies. We were taught that these wiggly weirdos were invaluable for healthy soil, and as food resources ...
How To Make Your Orchid Bloom Again
Most of us have seen those gorgeous orchids at the grocery store or home store and we brought one (or more) home to liven up our interior. But once the blooms fade, we're left with a set of leaves ...