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Native Seed Secrets
Tempted to go native in your garden? Seeds are a super way to start. Thanks to the new movement to...
Native Seed Secrets
Tempted to go native in your garden? Seeds are a super way to start. Thanks to the new movement to...

Seeds Get You Started
Spring is so fickle. The temperatures go up, the temperatures drop down. It’s way too risky to start planting in...
Seeds Get You Started
Spring is so fickle. The temperatures go up, the temperatures drop down. It’s way too risky to start planting in...

Big into Begonias
Why Are Begonias Big Right now? Maybe because they have personality. Unlike all those placeholder foliage plants that sit in...
Big into Begonias
Why Are Begonias Big Right now? Maybe because they have personality. Unlike all those placeholder foliage plants that sit in...

Green Gifts with Love
Your partner really wants a houseplant this Valentine’s Day. Enough hints have been dropped to let you know that a...
Green Gifts with Love
Your partner really wants a houseplant this Valentine’s Day. Enough hints have been dropped to let you know that a...

Succulents Without Tears
They’re kinky, they’re seductive, and they look like something out of Sci-Fi. You’ve always wanted a succulent, right? Well, we’re...
Succulents Without Tears
They’re kinky, they’re seductive, and they look like something out of Sci-Fi. You’ve always wanted a succulent, right? Well, we’re...

A User’s Guide to Amazing Amaryllis
You want them. Of course, you want them. Who wouldn’t be starstruck by huge bodacious trumpet-shaped blossoms blaring with voluptuousness?...
A User’s Guide to Amazing Amaryllis
You want them. Of course, you want them. Who wouldn’t be starstruck by huge bodacious trumpet-shaped blossoms blaring with voluptuousness?...

Good Company
Eek! The landscape outdoors is paring down. Every day more plants shed their leaves and drop off the scene. We...
Good Company
Eek! The landscape outdoors is paring down. Every day more plants shed their leaves and drop off the scene. We...

Outside In
Autumn sort of sneaks up on you, doesn’t it? One week you’re dragging hoses outside in a heatwave to water...
Outside In
Autumn sort of sneaks up on you, doesn’t it? One week you’re dragging hoses outside in a heatwave to water...

Keeping Plants Frisky in a Drought
If we learned anything this summer, it was how to wield a watering can. Steamy and dry weather was the...
Keeping Plants Frisky in a Drought
If we learned anything this summer, it was how to wield a watering can. Steamy and dry weather was the...

Midsummer Reboot
Phew! Welcome to the long, sizzling summer. If you’re identifying that the proverbial cat on a hot tin roof right...
Midsummer Reboot
Phew! Welcome to the long, sizzling summer. If you’re identifying that the proverbial cat on a hot tin roof right...

Porch Perennials
Sure, perennials are great in the garden. They come back faithfully every year (hopefully) and they grow more lush as...
Porch Perennials
Sure, perennials are great in the garden. They come back faithfully every year (hopefully) and they grow more lush as...

Play with your Food
You hunger to grow your own veggies. You want to slip out the back door whenever you hear the tummy...
Play with your Food
You hunger to grow your own veggies. You want to slip out the back door whenever you hear the tummy...

Herbs Spice Summer Up
Summer is a heady time of year. Now is when your senses can revel in a field day discovering the...
Herbs Spice Summer Up
Summer is a heady time of year. Now is when your senses can revel in a field day discovering the...

The More, the Merrier
If you love to garden, then you should be getting the most out of every square foot in your garden....
The More, the Merrier
If you love to garden, then you should be getting the most out of every square foot in your garden....

Raised Beds Raise the Bar
Raised beds are the way to go. Planting a raised bed is like putting all your hopes and dreams in...
Raised Beds Raise the Bar
Raised beds are the way to go. Planting a raised bed is like putting all your hopes and dreams in...

The Dahlias You Deserve
Admit it. You dream about dahlias. Every year, someone else brings a big fat bouquet of dahlias into the office,...
The Dahlias You Deserve
Admit it. You dream about dahlias. Every year, someone else brings a big fat bouquet of dahlias into the office,...

Spring Fling
Spring is really, actually, truly happening! That means amorous frogs are chirping, the perennials are popping, buds are swelling, and...
Spring Fling
Spring is really, actually, truly happening! That means amorous frogs are chirping, the perennials are popping, buds are swelling, and...

Refreshing Plants
By the time early spring rolls around, we’re all a little winter weary. You’re ready for a shot...
Refreshing Plants
By the time early spring rolls around, we’re all a little winter weary. You’re ready for a shot...

Spring Graduation
Been itching to hand out promotions to your houseplants? Graduation time is here! Spring is when houseplants begin making headway...
Spring Graduation
Been itching to hand out promotions to your houseplants? Graduation time is here! Spring is when houseplants begin making headway...

Cold Hardy Annuals for Early Spring Containers
February is when we nature lovers yearn to see dirt, petals, color, and the smell of soil. You may also...
Cold Hardy Annuals for Early Spring Containers
February is when we nature lovers yearn to see dirt, petals, color, and the smell of soil. You may also...

Transplanting your Seedlings
Congratulations! Your seeds sprouted! And you are now the proud parent of umpteen little green youngsters brandishing their first crisp...
Transplanting your Seedlings
Congratulations! Your seeds sprouted! And you are now the proud parent of umpteen little green youngsters brandishing their first crisp...

The Seedier, the Better
Our goal right now is to keep you from climbing the walls with boredom. So, hear us out, because we’ve...
The Seedier, the Better
Our goal right now is to keep you from climbing the walls with boredom. So, hear us out, because we’ve...

Makes Scents
Seeing is believing, it’s true. But you’ve got other senses that need to be fed, even when the garden is...
Makes Scents
Seeing is believing, it’s true. But you’ve got other senses that need to be fed, even when the garden is...