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Fenugreek Microgreens: How to Grow Methi Sprouts in 14 Days on Your Counter (No Soil Required)

My fenugreek may be your methi. The aromatic, cuboid seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum—a clover-like legume whose botanical name translates as Greek hay—are used as...

Understanding Soil pH and How It Affects Plants

As soon as you start gardening, you begin to see the earth beneath your feet in a whole new way. Soil is a surprisingly...

Pothos Soil Errors To Avoid For Healthier Vines

Stop Sabotaging My Pothos Before It Starts Pothos has a big reputation for being “indestructible,” so when my plant’s leaves start yellowing, drooping, or just...

Soil, Compost, Mulch: A Garden Practice for a Warming World

Editor’s note:This piece was written during a period of personal and political overwhelm, when climate change felt both enormous and abstract. Returning to it...

Forcing Rhubarb, Night Soil, and the Romance of Seasonal Obsession

This year, I’m finally confident enough in my garden to admit something out loud:I think my rhubarb is established. Which means I can now reasonably...

How to Select the Best Houseplant Potting Soil and Containers

For instance, Organix makes a product called RePeet, which is made from waste from the cattle industry. Fox Farm has earned a reputation for manufacturing...

Best Soil Mix for Healthy Indoor Philodendrons

Winter is a tricky time for houseplants, and philodendrons are no exception. With shorter days and drier indoor air, getting the soil right can...

How Organic Matter Feeds the Soil

Sharing is caring! Every season in my garden, I’m reminded that the real work happens after harvest. When I leave stalks, roots, and cover crop...

How to Build Healthy Soil Before Spring

Sharing is caring! Healthy spring gardens are built long before seeds ever go into the ground. In my experience gardening year-round in Sonoma Valley—mostly in...

Soil Salvation: How Gardening Relieves Stress

A common error for newbies is to start too big, and then become overwhelmed. If you just want to putter with a couple of flower...

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How to Grow and Care for Creeping Phlox

Both are such similar plants that they are often confused. If I really had to choose between the two, I’d say P. subulata might just...

Planting, Care, and Harvest Guide

Sharing is caring! Yardlong beans — also called asparagus beans — are one of the easiest and most productive vegetables for hot summer gardens. Despite...

Causes, Prevention, and What to Do with Split Tomatoes

Sharing is caring! Few things are more disappointing than walking into the garden to pick a perfect, ripe tomato only to discover a deep crack...
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