Pumpkins are notoriously hungry, thirsty, and sprawling plants. A lot of the growing advice for them centers around promoting a strong root system, so they can find enough water and food in the soil, and tolerate brief…
Growing mushrooms is fascinating, satisfying, and trendy as heck. But it also has the potential to be pretty complex and challenging. Since fungi are a completely separate biological kingdom to plants, not much of what you’ve learned…
I count myself lucky because my garden came with two pretty wisterias already growing in it. One traditional purple, and one white. The only problem was, they were growing in the wrong places. The first was basically…
Dill is one of my favorite herbs. I love it with fish, and I have a frankly obsessive relationship with dill pickles. I grow some from seed every year in my garden, but I still find myself…
Tomatoes are notoriously greedy plants. They’ll slurp all the nutrients out of fresh compost in a matter of weeks, and need topping up with fertilizer every week after that. If you’re growing your own produce to save…
My snake plant was a Mother’s Day present from my daughter, so I’m more attached to it than most of my houseplants. But since I’ve never owned one before, it’s also suffered a few mishaps while I’ve…
New signs of spring appear every week at this time of year, and as I finally put another winter behind me, I’ve learned a few more lessons about how to protect my garden during the worst kinds…
Basil is primarily grown for its famously fragrant leaves. And I’ll be the first to admit that for a long time, it didn’t even occur to me whether it could flower. In fact, the first time one…
When I moved into my house, the garden was already stocked with several types of begonia. Which at the time I could only identify by using an app on my phone. I’ve learned a lot since then…
I love to have a container full of herbs placed strategically close to my kitchen door. Basil is especially important because it’s a great way to give my cooking that extra burst of flavor. And a variety…
