Every year, people who choose a real Christmas tree could be bringing something into their home that's better off staying ...

There are no raspberries in our new garden! I repeat, there are no raspberries in our new garden! As someone who has spent ...

Learn how to plant bare root grapevines the right way and enjoy your own homegrown grapes for decades to come.

While bees and their remarkable raw honey generally get a lot of buzzingly good press, we often lose sight of the other amazing gifts they have to offer. Beeswax is an age-old, renewable material that ...

Nothing strikes fear into my houseplant-loving heart more than going to water my plants and finding the tell-tale signs of spider mites. ‘Hmm, those leaves used to be a lot greener…and is that webbing ...

As someone who lives on the second floor of a large brick building, I know a thing or two about stifling rooms in the heat of summer. You know, the kind of heat that has you lying awake in the middle ...

The key to a low maintenance and low cost garden is to grow a variety of plants that readily self-seed. While most of the typical garden cultivars would require you to harvest, store, and then sow ...

Cardboard is certainly a welcome sight in the eye of the gardener. Often free and fairly ubiquitous, cardboard is a biodegradable and earth-friendly material that enriches as it breaks down. Cardboard ...

You could say we have an obsession with compost around here. And why wouldn’t we? It’s the perfect organic soil amendment – nutrient-rich and filled with microbial life – that we can make ourselves, ...

You’ve just left the busy-ness of the city, to move out to the countryside, where everyday life moves a lot slower. The excitement of less stress, fewer distractions and more time for yourself is ...

People who start their plants from seed are some of the craziest gardeners. We’re even crazier than tomato-growing fanatics. And if you’re a tomato-growing fanatic who also starts their seeds? Well, I ...