Grow Your Own Lavender
The ancient Greeks used lavender to fight insomnia and back aches. Mary is said to have washed the feet of Jesus with lavender ointment. Here’s how to grow lavender in your backyard.
7 Flowers to Plant this Summer
The flowers of late summer and autumn are particularly gorgeous. Here are seven flowers to plant in your summer garden.
Cleaning Outdoor Furniture
No gardener worth his salt will allow his guests to sit on a grimy patio chair or eat newly-harvested vegetables at a dirty table.
Grow Your Own Radicchio from Seed this Summer
You can sow radicchio seeds in early spring, about two to three weeks before the last frost. But you can also sow in mid-summer. Here’s how.
Grow Your Own Morning Glory Flowers
In nature’s magnificent show, the morning glory undergoes costume changes like no other floral diva. With normal fluctuations in pH levels, its petals will shift color from blue to pink, and sometimes red in the course of a single day. Morning glories are annual climbers with slender, curling stems, lush, green, heart-shaped leaves, and trumpet […]
Grow Your Own Chamomile Flowering Lawn
The tradition of herbal lawns goes back at least to the medieval period. Here’s how to grow your own chamomile lawn.
Grow Your Own Asters
With more than 600 species in the Aster genus, you have a galaxy from which to choose the precise variety for your garden. Here’s how you grow these lovely flowers from seed.
Big Ideas for a Small Garden
The phrase “small is beautiful” will almost certainly come to mind when one is confronted with the challenge of designing a garden for a compact space. Here are a few ideas that might help.
10 Vegetables to Grow in Your Coronavirus Victory Garden
With experts predicting serious economic repercussions in the coming months, growing your own food is just plain smart.
All You Really Need to Know About LED Grow Lights
Growing crops under indoor grow lights offers several unique advantages. The biggest benefits are the most obvious: pests can’t get to your crop, and you have total control over the weather.