Garden Guide

If there’s one plant I always recommend to friends, especially the I forget to water kind, it’s the snake plant. In fact, some of the healthiest snake plants I’ve grown...

Bitter melon, with its wrinkled green skin and sharp flavor, might not be the first plant you think of for a container garden but it absolutely deserves a spot. It’s...

Over the last few years, a quiet gardening revolution has been rolling through seed-starting circles and it looks a bit like a cinnamon-roll-inspired spiral. Called the Seed Snail method, this...

I’ve always loved the idea of harvesting bright red berries when growing strawberries. But what I didn’t love was watching them sprawl across the soil, getting muddy, rotting at the...

Have you ever looked at a five-gallon bucket and thought: That could be a lifeline for a thirsty garden? With the chapin bucket irrigation system, it truly can be. Whether...

In a world overflowing with quick fixes and chemical solutions, more and more gardeners are finding themselves drawn back to the old ways, the slower, wiser methods that worked long...

You'll feel deeply satisfied about growing your own potatoes because they’re such humble little treasures, you plant one, and a few months later, you’re digging up a whole basketful. But...

I used to think breaking new garden ground meant either renting a rototiller or spending weekends sweating behind a shovel. That changed when I decided to try something older than...

In a world where climate challenges and water shortages are becoming more common, some of the most powerful solutions are also the oldest. Take a moment to imagine a garden...

What if you could grow a single rose bush with blooms in red, pink, yellow, white and maybe even some variegated magic? No, it's not a plant from a fairy...