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[ad_1] Is there anything like a soft, honey-sweet persimmon fresh off the tree? If there is, I haven’t found it yet. Now, is there anything more...
[ad_1] Lantana spp. With its alluring and vibrant blooms, lantana is one of the most beloved ornamental plants you can have in your garden. Its splashes...
[ad_1] By Guest Author Elle Reed. Worm Farming, also known as vermicomposting, is a popular way of turning organic household waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer. In this...
[ad_1] Finished Reading Born Again Dirt by Noah Sanders An Agricultural Testament by Sir Albert Howard Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse The Contagion Myth by Thomas...
[ad_1] Chances are, you’ve been gifted a bouquet of flowers. But have you ever been gifted soap flowers before? This unique gift-giving idea is beautiful, practical,...
[ad_1] Collaborative post A recent study by Hampshire-based life insurance broker Reassured has revealed the most popular hobbies for UK retirees. They conducted the research after...
[ad_1] Today we’re visiting with Jewel Barkley. The pictures I have included are from my flower garden in Sea Girt, New Jersey. I have been growing...
[ad_1] It was chance that led me to crush a leaf of northern bayberry, a hardy shrub that grows up and down the Northeastern coast of...
[ad_1] Image Source Creating a sustainable home environment is increasingly vital, driving the adoption of energy-efficient appliances. These appliances not only consume less energy but also...
[ad_1] If you’re new to fruit tree growing and pruning, you absolutely can’t go wrong with plums. Some trees will stop producing well unless you give...
[ad_1] Cephalanthus occidentalis You gotta love a plant that makes you do a double-take. One that really makes you pull your shades down for a second,...
[ad_1] Basil, Ocimum basilicum, is an aromatic culinary and medicinal herb that’s perennial in USDA Hardiness Zones 10 to 11 and a summer annual in other...
[ad_1] We picked the second watermelon of the season from Ezekiel’s landrace watermelon project. When I cut it open, he went, “Oh shoot…” as it fell...
[ad_1] COLLINSIA (Blue-eyed-mary) (Innocence) (Named for Zaccheus Collins, a Philadelphia botanist) The visitor to the woods knows the Blue-eyed-mary, Collinsia verna, one of the daintiest of...
[ad_1] Seed’s are nature’s way of increasing plant life and it is also the simplest method for the gardener to raising annual, biennial and in sometimes...
[ad_1] HIBISCUS (Abelmoschus) – Sunset Hibiscus (Goldenbowl H.) (Ancient name for the Marshmallow) Comparatively unknown to gardens, the Sunset Hibiscus, H. manihot, is the loveliest yellow...
[ad_1] HELIANTHUS – Sunflower (From helios-sun; anlhos-flower) The Sunflower is bold, he is tall, has a lot of bluster and bravado about him, but he is...
[ad_1] HUNNEMANNIA – Goldencup(Giant Yellow-tulip poppy) (Bush-eschscholtzia) (Named for John Hunnemann, an English botanist) An aristocrat among the Poppies, the Goldencup, bears a difficult botanical name,...
[ad_1] Purple Ragwort – SENECIO (Jacobaea) – Purple Groundsel (Latin from senex, old man, refers to gray pappus of seeds) In English gardens one finds a...
[ad_1] NEMESIA (Name found in Dioscorides, an early botanical writer) The English have admired and grown Nemesias in their cool climate and all have admired them...