Category: Gardenin’

I love to garden. The dirt caked under my nails, the smell of dampened soil, transplanting tender seedlings into a garden bed. There’s nothing quite like bringing life to a previously silent patch of earth. But it wasn’t always easy for me. Despite being from Florida, I held these conventional expectations for what should be… Continue reading Planning a Garden

There are few more refreshing ways to cool down on a hot summer day than sipping on an icy jar of hibiscus tea. And if anything screams summer more than the sight of a neon hibiscus blossom, I can’t name it. And as summer pumps on, some of us are dreaming of garden upgrades and… Continue reading What you need to know about growing hibiscus

As a vegan, I’m always hunting for some new veggie to add a little pa-zing to my dishes. And lately, I’ve noticed pictures floating around the web of what look like dainty, grape-sized watermelons nestled in a gardener’s hand. I was excited, but my brain raced to those trendy, cross-bred oddities that take the markets… Continue reading What Cucamelons Are and Why You Should Grow Them

It’s hard to match the pleasure of a flourishing garden. With the tomatoes stretching toward the sky, and my cilantro seedlings bursting from the soil, it’s hard to say which plant captures my heart most each season. But this year, I got a late start. My roommates and I all share a plot, and I… Continue reading Garden Cloches

Goutweed. Ground elder. English masterwort. Herb Gerard. Bishop’s weed. Snow-in-the-mountain. Gout Wort. Aegopodium podagraria. It doesn’t matter what name you call it by, this plant is known best as the bane of many a gardener’s existence. Native to Europe, this invasive species has rooted its way into yards and gardens internationally, stretching the U.S. from… Continue reading What is Goutweed and How Do I Get Rid of It

When it comes to gardening, my eyes are bigger than my belly. Every spring around this time we find ourselves with more plants than space to grow them. That’s partially for lack of sunny spots to plant and partially because the soil is poor in certain parts of our yard. We’ve come up with a… Continue reading Out of Space to Plant? 5 Easy Options to Make More Room

How would you like to take some lawn waste, use it to heat your hot tub for 18 months and be left with a huge pile of rich compost at the end of the project? It sounds like the last scene from Back to the Future, right? Well, Tom Bartels of Durango, CO is a… Continue reading Amazing Invention Will Inspire You to Make Your Own Hot Tub