What’s not to love about pansies? The bright and colorful flowers certainly add cheer to any garden–all the more reason we’re sad to see the happy plants suddenly drooping! The easy-to-grow biennials are hardy plants with very few issues, although there is the occasional situation where pansies may wilt in less-than-ideal conditions.
Remove any image you have in your mind of boring, gaudy flowers in simple yellows and reds. Marigolds are beautiful flowers – if you know the right varieties to grow. And if their beauty isn’t enough to win you over, their potential in a diversified garden surely will. There’s hardly an easier annual flower to…
If you’re not already growing marigolds in your vegetable garden, you need to be! Marigolds have long been used to organically manage common vegetable pests, and science is beginning to prove what many gardeners have always believed–that marigolds are distasteful to a number of bad bugs and crawling nuisances. French and African marigolds produce a…
Knowing when to start leeks from seed to get a big harvest is one of the holy grails of vegetable gardening. In this article, I’m going to share some family secrets to the perfect leek, and some wisdom of my own from trial and error. Fundamentally though, this article aims to give you a definitive…
Are your pepper seeds not germinating, or sprouting erratically? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Peppers are notoriously hard to germinate because of their desire for tropical conditions. Thanks to years of trial and error, we’ve got some tips and tricks to germinate peppers more effectively, and hopefully some answers as to why your pepper seeds…
When you’re as obsessive over tomatoes as we are, you need to know how to fix a broken tomato stem. Tomatoes are brilliant plants to grow, and any gardener will tell you that homegrown tomatoes taste better, so saving your crop when it’s damaged is essential.