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Valentine’s Day Gifts For Gardeners and Plant Lovers

Updated 2/2024Don’t know about you, but I tend to give gifts that I’d like for myself. For planting and pampering, here’s my pick of...

Review: Netatmo home weather station | Jack Wallington

When we first bought our old flat and garden in London way back in 2013, Chris bought a little weather station called Netatmo to...

Infected cuts and bites from gardening | Jack Wallington

WARNING THIS POST CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC PHOTOS OF AN INFECTED BITE On Tuesday, during a photoshoot for Gardeners’ World magazine, something in our garden bit...

Not Your Grandmother’s Quince: Meet the Double Take Chaenomeles speciosa

You might be thinking, “Wait, are we really talking about quince?” And maybe even, “Aren’t those the thorny shrubs my grandmother had growing out...

Rhapidophyllum hystrix – A Needle Palm Grows in New England?

Of all the plants in the world, I really do love palms. There’s something about them—their bold silhouettes, the way they sway in the...

Dahlia ‘Mystic Illusion’: The Golden Retriever of the Garden

If there is a golden retriever puppy of the plant world, it has to be a dahlia. I mean, everybody loves golden retriever puppies,...

How to grow pink oyster mushrooms without plastic | Jack Wallington

I’ve recently been getting into growing edible mushrooms at home, including the delicious lion’s mane fungi. What strikes me is the large amounts of...

How to coppice hazel for bean poles and pea stick supports | Jack Wallington

Hazel’s true name is Corylus avellanait’s one of our best known wild trees all across Europe. It’s been closely tied to humans because of...

The Vases I’m Loving Right Now

February 8, 2024 by Robin Plaskoff Horton These are the vases I’m loving right now. They range from minimalist modern to vibrantly colorful splurge-worthy designs,...

Prunus mume: The Japanese Flowering Apricot That Brightens Winter

This is the first year of school for our kids in New England. My wife grew up in Pennsylvania, and I grew up in...

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The Best Way To Fertilize Cucumber Plants

Looking for the best way to fertilize and power up your cucumber plants to get them to produce more cucumbers this year? If you want...

The Most Important Gardening Lesson I’ve Learned (and Why I Finally Wrote This Book)

My first home was a blue bungalow in an emerging neighbourhood that nobody wanted. It was at the top of my budget, so I...

Super Cool Plants Episode 3: Plants We Covet

Plants We Covet Most The heart wants what it wants, but when it comes to...