Help Bats With Simple Efforts in the Garden
Bats are incredibly helpful animals and an important part of the ecosystem because they eat great quantities of insects, particularly moths and mosquitoes. A bat can eat 600 insects per
Compost Pumpkins and Jack-o-Lanterns With These Tips
Can you compost pumpkins? Yes, pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns can be added to the compost pile, but you will want to follow these tips for the best success. No compost pile?
Potted Perennials Survive Winter with These Methods
Perennials can be great subjects for garden containers that at one time were reserved for annual plants only. Perennials bring a new note to pots, expanding our options and contributing
Flowers that Look Like Something Else
Hookers’ Lips (Psychotria Elata) Dancing Girls (Impatiens Bequaertii) Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid (Ophrys bbomyblifora) Swaddled Babies (Anguloa Uniflora) Parrot Flower (Impatiens Psittacina) Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana Major) An orchid that
Propagate Tender Perennials With This Trick
The end of the summer doesn’t mean that cold-winter gardeners have to say goodbye to tropical plants and tender perennials. Even better, with this trick you won’t need to rearrange
Stunning Silver Plants for Dry Times
Olympic athletes may be disappointed to settle for silver, but it’s a most desirable color in the garden. Silver-leaved plants are a sophisticated design choice, and, even better, they tend
May Lawn & Garden To-Do List
For those of you in colder climates who have been gazing longingly at the spring chores popping up in our garden calendar, May is the month for you! Much of
The Sensory Garden
Fair warning: If you were to do a quick Internet search on sensory gardens, you may be a bit overwhelmed. Sensory gardens are often designed to stimulate the senses of
Seven Tips for Keeping Cut Flowers Fresh Longer
Keeping fresh-cut flowers is not as easy as some may think. Many gardeners find themselves disappointed when their fresh-cut flowers fade and die within days of bringing them into the
9 Houseplants that clean the air and are (almost) impossible to kill
Pop quiz: which is more polluted, indoor air or outdoor air? 10 times out of 10, indoor air in your house, office or apartment is going to be worse than