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How to Measure How Much Sun an Area Gets With Sun Mapping

You don’t need a fancy gadget for measuring the sun. With a pencil, a pen, and a careful eye, you can watch the shade...

Gardening Basics: Understanding Plant Propagation

Once you start gardening, you simply can’t stop! The propagation of plants can prevent your wallet from suffering and continue to keep your garden...

17 of the Best Small Trees for Urban Gardens

11. Jade Butterflies ‘Jade Butterflies’ is a compact Ginkgo biloba cultivar that performs well in urban locales, producing gorgeous butterfly-shaped leaves that turn yellow in...

No Garden? No Problem! How to Grow Tomatoes Without a Garden

Growing happy, healthy tomatoes is possible, even without an outdoor plot of land. Balcony gardeners, apartment dwellers, and those with small spaces, rejoice! There...

Herbal Hibiscus Guide: How to Harness the Benefits of the Hibiscus Plant

In the summer, you’ll find me sitting in the shade sipping a cool glass of hibiscus tea. Packed full of vitamin C and antioxidants,...

Popping by SummerHome for a spring visit

May 20, 2026 Hello from Coloradoy’all! We road-tripped slowly from Austin to Denver in order to miss an early May snowstorm along the Front Range. (Whaaaat?)...

Early May in Carla’s Garden, Part 1

Hi GPODers! If there is anyone we can rely on for an array of incredible...

Foraging and Cooking Cattails | Chelsea Green Publishing

Chances are, you’ve seen cattails growing on the edge of your local lake or stream at least once or twice. Instead of just passing...

What to do With a Swiss Cheese Plant in May – 6 Simple Tips That Will Help Your Monstera Thrive for the Rest of...

Swiss cheese plant, also known as monstera, is a tropical vine native to Central America. It’s also a popular houseplant because of its striking,...

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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...