Once a year my kids and I plant seeds
Every year my kids and I plant around three hundred seeds. Once the seeds are planted, the kids are in charge of making sure each seed turns into a healthy seedling. They love planting the seeds a...
‘I’m A Plant Doctor, and This Is How You Should Pot a Large Plant’
You finally did it—you bought the tall, gorgeous bird of paradise you'd been eyeing at your local nursery. But now it's just sitting in your home in its thin, plastic nursery pot, because repotting...
Hydroponics: The power of water to grow food
In the year 600 B.C.E., the climate was arid and dry along the Euphrates River in Western Asia, but there were lush gardens climbing up the walls of the metropolis, Babylon.
Container Gardening 101: Grow Your Own Food
When we think of a traditional vegetable garden, we tend to think of plump, round tomatoes or verdant rows of cabbage growing in a sun-drenched yard. But if you live in an urban area, you’ll need t...
How to Succeed at Seed Germination and 7 Common Mistakes to Avoid
Seed germination is one of the fundamentals of gardening, but while it might be a basic element, there are a lot of things that can go wrong. If you’ve ever planted seeds with the hopes of seeing t...
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