Starting with the Right Soil for Your Scallion Plants
To have a successful scallion crop, you’ll need to have rich, well-draining soil. Start with good potting soil or garden soil, amended with compost. Scallions like soil with a pH …
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Starting with the Right Soil for Your Ginger Plants
Plant your ginger in fresh soil; ginger prefers well-drained sandy or loamy soil. That can be a combination of potting soil and compost—just make sure that the soil is loose …
Choosing to Grow from “Seed Ginger” or Seedlings
Getting your ginger garden started every season begins with the choice of how to grow your plants—from rhizomes or seedlings? You could buy ginger seedlings from a local nursery (if …
Choosing a Site for your Blackberries
If you’re not growing blackberries in containers, you have to choose a spot for your raised bed or open land blackberry garden. It’s recommended that you choose your site a …
Growing Summer Squash with Pots and Trellises
As mentioned earlier, squash can be grown in containers, and you can add a trellis to a container or even an open-ground plant to save space and increase light and …
Starting with the Right Soil for Your Chamomile Plants
Chamomile is one of the most forgiving plants around; it almost thrives on neglect. It will grow well in poor to average soil, as long as that soil has good …
Growing Sage from Seeds, Cuttings, or Seedlings
Getting your sage garden started begins with the choice of how to grow your plants—from seeds or seedlings? Buying seedlings at your local nursery is quicker and easier, but your …
Growing Parsley from Seeds or Seedlings
Parsley is a biennial plant—meaning that the plant will die after it blooms—but you can grow it year-round if you want to have plants indoors.
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Gardening on Wheels
The first time I got interested in growing something I was 7 or 8. I saw my mom break a leaf off her philodendron and put it in water …
Wild Things!
In the shade of mingling paulownias, eight children sprawled like a litter of puppies atop a blue tarp, fair heads and dark dappled by sunlight. Seasoned veterans of our library’s …
