Garden Tips

Have you ever heard of a pickle plant? (No, it’s not a neverending gherkin vine, as delicious as that may sound.) I hadn’t heard either until one beckoned to me …

How to Care for the Quirky Pickle Plant Read More

When it comes to making gardening a little easier, having the right tools for the job can make all the difference in the world. But what are the best gardening tools? You …

12 Best Gardening Tools That Most Gardeners Overlook Read More

Strawberries are a wonderful crop to grow in your garden. They are incredibly easy, even for new gardeners who have yet to develop their green thumbs. No matter how much space …

15 Innovative Strawberry Planting Ideas For Big Harvests In Tiny Spaces Read More

If you’ve got houseplants, chances are you own an aloe vera. Aloes are simple to care for and easy to get your hands on, making them one of the most …

7 Fascinating Things Everyone With An Aloe Plant Needs To Know Read More

Aloe vera is likely the most popular houseplant on earth. Even folks who aren’t into houseplants own them, probably because they’re so easy to keep alive. They’re more like furniture than …

How to Grow Aloe As An Air Plant Read More

If I had read clematis care advice before buying a single clematis plant, I would have surely abandoned the purchase altogether. While I am generally pretty savvy about deciphering plant …

How & When To Prune Clematis (& How a Traffic Light Makes Pruning Easier) Read More

This post has been updated to reflect the discontinued use of Tradescantia’s former common name, ‘Wandering Jew’, with its racial beginnings, to its new common names of ‘Wandering Dude’, ‘Inch …

Inch Plant, Spiderwort or Wandering Dude Care & Propagation – The Perfect Houseplant Read More

Nasturtiums are an extremely useful and attractive flowering plant that deserve a space in every garden. This is the common name for Tropaeolum – the only genus in the plant …

5 Reasons To Grow Nasturtiums & 10 Delicious Nasturtium Recipes Read More

As the saying goes, two things in life are certain, though allow me to choose not to list them here. But as a gardener, I’d like to petition to add …

6 Ways to Cold Stratify Seeds (& 36 Plants That Need Stratification) Read More