Gardening

Get Your Garden In Shape With winter over, it’s time to get your garden in shape for the year ahead. Whatever time you have to spare. Encouragement – that’s what we need at this time...

Feeding Plants The Natural Way Did you know there's a whole garden center right by your back door? No, this isn't a shopping-deprived gardener's fantasy brought on by too long in lockdown. All over your house and...

Back Door Vegetables Looking for something to pick in just weeks? We suggest the perfect container planting schemes for fresh, tasty- and quick - summer crops Growing conditions are ideal now, with frosts behind us and hours...

Why Bradford Pear Tree Is No Friend Of Yours Spring is the season for flowering plants and trees. However, a word of caution: some of these lovely flowers may originate from intrusive species. One of those...

Lilac Tree Are lilacs shrubs or trees? It depends on which variety you choose. Both shrub lilacs, as well as bush lilacs, tend to be short and compact. The lilac tree can be more difficult. A lilac tree is...

Pepino Melon, also called melon-pear, is native to the Anden regions of South America and is an ancient crop. Otherwise known as Pepino Dulce, or sweet cucumber in the Spanish language, the Pepino flips from...

Scindapsus Pictus The satin pothos, Scindapsus pictus, is a climbing houseplant with alluring, velvety leaves flecked with silver. Endemic to humid forests of Bangladesh and much of Southeast Asia, including Thailand and Borneo, Scindapsus grows...

Bonsai Tree Christmas has gone, and many of you will be the proud owners of a small bonsai tree. The most critical question to be answered now is, "how do I keep it alive?" Two words...

Maidenhair Fern Many ferns thrive in captivating patterns and remote places. Still, maidenhair fern wins the contest with its silky purplish-black stems, almost spiraling frond structure, and extraordinary capability to colonize on a rock precipice...

Euonymus When you seek a plant that will be a trouble-free workhorse in your landscape, you will do well to consider the group of plants known as Euonymus. This genus is represented by evergreen forms...