The Quickest Way To Make Your Own Potting Mix

Volumes have been written about soil classification and competing systems have been devised for different purposes. The prevailing system in the U.S. includes some 13,000 “series”—roughly comparable to species in biology—grouped into 11 soil orders. [ … ]

Do you love the taste of the tropical pineapple, but live in a less-than-tropic climate? If you have some containers and a nice sunny spot in your house, then you can grow your own! It [ … ]

I’ve been gardening for more than 40 years. I’m particularly fond of vegetable gardening, although my wife is an avid gardener with flowers and decorative plants. Both of us, though, have confronted the challenge of [ … ]