How To Grow & Harvest Lemon Balm: The Total Guide
Once dubbed the “elixir of life”, lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is an ancient herb from the mint family that has been used as a medicine, and as a flavoring for …
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How to Grow Enormous Basil Plants: From Seed, Cuttings Or Starter Plant
Basil is sometimes referred to as “the king of herbs”. And no wonder. Basil is easy to care for and will quickly grow into big, bushy plants that abound in …
How to Grow Thyme From Seed, Cuttings Or Starter Plant
The aroma of thyme is pleasant and complex – peppery and a little sweet with woody, earthy, minty and flowery notes. Flavor-wise, it lands somewhere between lavender and rosemary. For …
4 Reasons To Stop Using Peat Moss & 7 Sustainable Alternatives
In the world of horticulture, peat moss possesses many qualities we want in a growing medium. Peat moss has a lightweight and spongy texture. It has the uncanny ability to …
7 Surprisingly Brilliant Uses For Rhubarb Leaves
Rhubarb is an easy to grow vegetable that’s right at home in the perennial food garden. Plant it once and it will produce for decades, growing nicely alongside other forever …
21 Brilliant Uses For Rosemary You’ve Got To Try
Exuding that telltale sweet piny fragrance, rosemary is an easy plant to grow that demands very little from the home gardener. And because a single plant can grow at least …
How To Grow, Harvest & Eat Litchi Tomatoes
Nature really is a mad scientist. Take the litchi tomato as a prime example of a smattering of weird and wonderful traits, all in one plant. With its deeply lobed …
How to Grow Massive Bunches of Parsley From Seed Or Starter Plant
Widely cultivated as an herb, spice, and vegetable, parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is so much more than a decorative garnish. Native to the Mediterranean region, its name is derived from Greek …
How To Grow Rosemary From Seed Or Cuttings – Everything You Need To Know
Native to the Mediterranean, rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a woody perennial herb in the mint family. The plant’s genus, ros marinus, is derived from Latin and means “dew of the …
5 Easy To Find And Scientifically Backed Natural Rooting Hormones
Learning how to propagate your plants is easily one of the most rewarding (and cheap!) ways to multiply your collection. Dividing, grafting, layering, and cutting are among the horticultural skills …
How to Treat Powdery Mildew & Rescue Your Summer Squash & Pumpkins
Powdery mildew starts out as small whitish spots or splotches. As it grows and reproduces, the fuzzy patches increase in size and coalesce to completely cover leaves, stems, and buds. …
15 Interesting Ways To Eat Parsley – Not Just A Garnish
Frequently relegated to garnish status, parsley is often overlooked as an herbal seasoning. Adding a brightness, freshness, and piquancy to foods, the flat-leaf variety is so flavorful that it can …
How to Stop Your Herbs & Vegetables from Bolting
Although the gardener grows plants as a source of food and beauty, it’s easy to forget that the plant’s sole purpose in life is to reproduce. Bolting – or going …
10 Plants To Attract Hover Flies – Nature’s Super-Pollinators & Aphid Eaters
Hover flies are truly unsung heroes in the garden. Operating like undercover agents, hover flies are easily mistaken for bees or wasps. When at rest on a flower, it’s nearly …
How to Deal with Blossom End Rot In Tomatoes, Zucchini & More
Just as you might be congratulating yourself on your green thumbedness – after all, your tomato plants are big and healthy and strong – you notice dark lesions on the …
5 Hardest Flowers To Grow – Are You Up For The Challenge?
Some plants are easy. All they need is a bit of sunshine, a sprinkling of compost, and the occasional watering to put out a captivating display of flowers and foliage. …
6 Compost Accelerators to Fire up Your Pile
In the natural world, the decomposition of plant and animal matter into rich and fertile topsoil is a very, very slow process. Somewhere along the way, at least as far …
8 Dwarf Fruit Trees For High Yields In Small Gardens
Apple, cherry, plum, and other fruit trees are always a splendid addition to the edible landscape. Gorgeous in every season, fruit trees put out a mesmerizing display of fragrant blooms …
8 Natural Ways To Stop Slugs & Snails Destroying Your Plants
Operating under the cover of darkness, slugs and snails can do massive damage to garden plants in a very short period of time. Each evening, they leave their cool …
5 Succession Planting Techniques To Triple Your Vegetable Yields
Succession gardening covers an array of planting methods that can double or triple your vegetable yields – all by using the same plot of land in a single growing season. …
15 Vegetable Seeds to Sow Outside Before the Last Spring Frost
As the garden slowly wakes up after a long winter slumber, the excitement for a whole new gardening season is palpable. The sights and sounds and smells of spring are …
How to Set Up a Rainwater Collection System & 8 DIY Ideas
Rainwater harvesting is the ancient practice of collecting and storing precipitation for later use. This technology can be traced back some 12,000 years in human history, and it makes just …
10 Zucchini Companion Plants (& 2 Plants To Never Grow With Zucchini)
Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo var. cylindrica) is a popular mainstay in the home garden. And it’s no wonder why – sow only one or two plants and you shall receive copious …
How To Grow Tomatillos – 200 Fruits Per Plant!
The tomatillo is a tart and bright and citrusy fruit – the perfect complement to hot and spicy fare. Although tomatillos are most famous as a key ingredient in salsa …