Late Summer Bloom Until Frost
UNITED STATES—Seasonal changes keep gardening interesting. Like colors of a rainbow, seasons are not as distinct as their dates on a calendar imply. Each...
Seasonal Changes Keep Gardening Interesting
UNITED STATES—Gardening is work. The extent of such work is proportionate to the techniques and scale of the gardening. Substantial gardens likely need substantial...
Mail Order Fakes And Realities
UNITED STATES—Sea Monkeys are one of the most famous of mail order scams. Their original $0.49 price was not cheap for children who made...
Houseplant Culture That Contradicts Gardening
UNITED STATES—Houseplant culture is a unique type of horticulture. It involves almost no gardening. Most houseplants live exclusively indoors. Many inhabit homes and offices...
Mulch Is Lowly But Practical
UNITED STATES—Gardening is unnatural. Most popular plant species are not naturally native. Cultivars are products of unnatural selection and breeding. Most plants like unnatural...
Ground Cover Works Like Mulch
UNITED STATES—Weeding otherwise bare and unused ground is no fun. Nor is weed whacking. Mulching inhibits future weed growth, but requires occasional replenishment. For...
Deadhead To Promote Continued Bloom
UNITED STATES—Seed and fruiting structures develop immediately after bloom. Such processes consume valuable resources that could otherwise sustain subsequent bloom or vegetative growth. That...
Fragrance Is Out Of Sight
UNITED STATES—Most flowers rely on wind for dispersion of their pollen. The remainder do what they must to attract pollinators. Of these, the majority...
Toxic Plants Are Diversely Enigmatic
UNITED STATES—There is no single reason for toxic plants to be as potentially dangerous as some of them are. They are toxic by various...
Humidity Is The Other Weather
UNITED STATES—It is difficult to always ignore the weather. Regardless of how pleasant it typically is here, it sometimes gets warm or cool. It...