Watering your house plants is certainly an act of love. If you didn’t water them, on a long enough timeline, they would eventually and die. So here it is, my #1 most important gardening tip: water your plants. Without water, the whole system falls apart. But is there such a thing as too much water?...
Growing succulents is one of my favorite hobbies as a lover of all things gardening. These plants are hardy, beautiful, highly varied, and can tolerate a ton of abuse, or I guess in my case: neglect. Succulents aren’t picky about much of anything, and the string of buttons succulent is no different. This adorable little...
Part of successfully growing a garden is knowing your USDA hardiness planting zone. USDA plant hardiness zones are the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at any given location. Some plants are able to survive outside of their hardiness zone, but can only survive for one...
Part of successfully growing a garden is knowing your USDA hardiness zone. USDA plant hardiness zones are the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at any given location. Some plants are able to survive outside of their hardiness zone, but can only survive for one growing...
Part of successfully growing a garden is knowing your USDA hardiness zone. USDA plant hardiness zones are the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at any given location. Some plants are able to survive outside of their hardiness zone, but can only survive for one growing...
Part of successfully growing a garden is knowing your USDA hardiness zone. USDA plant hardiness zones are the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at any given location. Some plants are able to survive outside of their hardiness zone, but can only survive for one growing...
We recently wrote a guide on how to hatch duck eggs, but not all breeds of duck are the same! Incubating Muscovy duck eggs is a little bit different, and the differences involved I think are worth writing a separate piece on. If you’re getting ready to hatch your own Muscovy duck eggs, you should...
I’ve never been much of a lawn guy – I’d prefer it if my property was a biodiverse food forest. But a little bit of grass is a nice thing, and I maintain a small patch of it to enjoy sitting on during the warm, summer months. And just like a garden, a patch of...
There are few things more frustrating to a gardener, beginner or experienced, than finding out your garden is being consumed by some unwanted pest. Nature has a way of throwing a wrench into our plans, but take a bit of comfort in knowing that, if your garden is being eaten by something, it’s a healthy...
Plants are into weird stuff. They like being sprayed with the hose and having poop thrown around them. It really gets them growing happy and healthy, even if it doesn’t sound like a good time for you and me. One fertilizer that I’ve used countless times and keep coming back to is fish emulsion. It...
Visit the gardening section of any major retailer that sells gardening products and you’re likely to be bombarded with tons of different products. Some are organic, some aren’t, and it can be difficult to make heads or tails of it. One of the products you may see in the gardening section of your local market...
Black oak trees are a type of tree native to east and central North America and is extraordinarily common in its native range. It can be found from Maine to Texas and inland toward Michigan and the Great Plains states as well. It is a close relative of the California black oak (Quercus kelloggii). These...
