What killing fifty houseplants taught me about watering
I am a master gardener of thirty years standing and I killed a great many houseplants before I understood what I was doing wrong. The number in the title is conservative.
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What your weeds are trying to tell you about your soil
Weeds are opportunists and they are specific about which opportunity they take. A plant that colonises your garden without being invited is telling you what conditions you have,…
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How to stop tomato blight before it ruins your harvest
There are two things people call blight and they behave completely differently. Getting them mixed up is why so much advice does not work.
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Why your southern clay soil is killing your plants
The red clay in this part of the southeast is not bad soil. It is mineral rich and it holds nutrients extremely well. What it does not do is let water and air move through it, and…
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How to build a successful shade garden in the humid south
Shade is not one thing, and getting a shade garden right starts with being honest about which kind you have.
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How to keep deer from eating your backyard hostas
Deer eat hostas the way I eat crisps. Not because they are starving. Because they are there and they are delicious.
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Why zone 7a spring weather is so frustrating for gardeners
Zone 7a tells you one thing: the average annual minimum temperature is somewhere between zero and five degrees Fahrenheit. That is all it tells you, and it is not the number that…
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Keeping your garden alive during a dry August
August here is not the hottest month by much and it is the hardest, because the plants have been working since April and the ground has been drying since June.
