Succulents are such beautiful plants, with surprisingly low maintenance needs. There are so many varieties to choose from, with so many different colors. Best of all, they are easy to propagate, which means growing new plants from clippings of other plant parts. Succulents in particular spawn very easily and numerously. Want to know how to...
The first time I tried a home-grown tomato I thought to myself, “So this is what tomatoes are supposed to taste like!” Nothing beats a fresh tomato, home-grown, just picked from the vine. The juices exploded in my mouth with the taste of summer and joy. As the summer heat sets in, many people are heading...
March is here at least, which means that new gardening opportunities are beginning to present themselves in different parts of the US. Not every area will have anything that can be planted – it’s best to know your USDA hardiness zone before planting anything. This guide on what to plant in March will help you...
Maggots – yucky, right? Maggots are the larval stage of the life cycle of most types of flies and usually indicate that something somewhere has gone bad. One fly can lay tens or hundreds of eggs that, in a few short weeks, can become hundreds of adult flies. If you find maggots in the compost...
As summer winds to an end and autumn is fast approaching, most of us are thinking about harvesting rather than planting. Luckily, there are still plenty of plants you can grow in October to keep on flexing your green thumb even as the weather gets cooler. This article features 50+ ideas for what to plant...
It’s hard to remember what you learned in preschool. It was so long ago, during the first years of your life. You remember learning the alphabet and numbers, but you probably weren’t taught the importance of sustainable food. This preschool will change the way you think about how our education system works. A remarkable farming...
Dill is one of my favorite herbs to grow for a number of reasons. It’s aromatic, produces beautiful flowers that the local bees can’t seem to get enough of, and are host to black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars, which are an absolutely beautiful butterfly. In this article, we’ll break down how to grow dill, when to...
Basil is a culinary herb that’s at the heart of Italian cuisine, and it’s also the base of most varieties of pesto. There may be a discrepancy in how to pronounce it (“bay-sil” or “bah-sil”) but there’s no denying it’s delicious aroma. Although sweet basil may be the most famous of its kind, there are...
One of the most therapeutic ways to lift one’s spirit is to explore nature. Nature can provide a world of shock just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore, and flowers are some of its most loyal agents. Flowers make the world beautiful, adding a lot of cheerful color and fragrance (although not always...
Gardening is an amazing hobby. It makes people go outside and interact with nature to create healthy, and delicious food. There’s something about a home-grown vegetable that makes it superior to store-bought. However, all of the benefits seem to end when autumn rolls in, but that doesn’t have to be so! You can garden in the...
Have you ever bought tomatoes from the store and found that, just a few short days later, they’ve begun to rot and turn soggy? Preserving tomatoes is a tricky business, especially when you’ve grown or purchased more than you really needed. But one Burundi farmer has discovered an ingenious way to preserve tomatoes. Vital Nduwimana,...
Strawberry pear, Kaktus Madu, cactus fruit, night-blooming cereus – it’s probably popping up all over your Instagram and Pinterest feeds and every food photographer seems to have a strong interest in capturing them. Why not? They are more photogenic than some of us humans. Everyone knows about pitaya, the exotic-looking dragon fruit that tastes like...
