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Homemade potting mix

Make soil mix from household items

Special reports
Distancing while gardening

Distancing in the garden, tips to reduce contagion

Special reports
Archway to a meditative garden

Meditation gardens – gardens that help build inner strength

Special reports
Zen rock garden in Japan, private house

Mind-soothing rock garden – set up your very own Zen Rock Garden!

Special reports
Moisture and humidity with clay balls or pebbles

Clay pebbles to increase moisture around indoor plants

Indoor plants
Begonia leaves with drops of water on them

How to increase humidity in air for houseplants

Treating diseases and pests
Shale garden

Shale, an ornamental mulch

Special reports
Slate mulch, perfect for acid-loving plants and shrubs

Slate mulch for a ravishing garden

Special reports
Foxglove, shown, is one of the easy biennials

Biennials, easy enjoyment in every garden

Garden Flowers
Codonanthe

Codonanthe, flowering cascade of emerald leaves

Flowering houseplants
Catalpa tree

Catalpa, a shade tree with amazing orchid-like blooms

Trees
Flower of the Robinia pseudoacacia umbraculifera variety

Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Umbraculifera’, a round-shaped tree for gardens and containers

Trees
Delineated mophead acacia tree

Mophead acacia, a beautiful acacia with a happily frazzled appearance

Trees
acacia tree

Acacia tree – planting, care and pruning of this towering shade-giver

Trees
Blue-colored soap bush flowers

Soap bush, variations in blue

Shrubs
Sandy soil in a hand, the best way to identify the type of soil.

How to know your type of garden soil

Special reports
Tetterwort greater celandine

Tetterwort or Greater Celandine, a wildflower with sap to cure warts

Perennials
Nectarine tree

Nectarine tree, how to grow nectarines

The fruit Orchard
Japanese anemone

Japanese anemone, slender and elegant

Perennials
Automatic or manual lawn mowers

Manual lawn mowers and robots, great for small lawns

Special reports
Fresh almonds in warm light

Sweet almond: what it contains, how to use it, and what tradition makes of it

Health
thrips

Thrips, tiny insects that infest plants

Treating diseases and pests
types of thrips

Types of thrips – pests, predators and recyclers

Treating diseases and pests
Control thrips naturally

Natural tips against thrips

Treating diseases and pests
Thrips eggs

Thrips eggs, find and destroy them

Treating diseases and pests
Wood chip mulch with stones, juniper and walkway

Wood chip mulch, excellent mulch and a great way to recycle garden waste

Special reports
Thrips species

Different species of thrips – Tube-tip or Cone-tip?

Treating diseases and pests
Thrips lifecycle

Thrips lifecycle – from egg to adult

Treating diseases and pests
Thrips damage

Thrips damage and symptoms

Treating diseases and pests
Shredder or composter?

Shredder or composter? How to make the right choice

Special reports
Planting a flower with soil mix or compost makes a difference.

Soil mix or compost, what is the difference?

Special reports
Raised beds with companion planting

Companion planting in the vegetable patch

The Vegetable Patch
lucky bamboo

How to Grow and Care for Lucky Bamboo Indoors

Foliage houseplants
Soil and small hand hoe used for some topdressing applications

When is topdressing applicable? Circumstances that call for topdressing

Special reports
Ideas for flowers for Christmas and New year

Christmas and New year, 3 easy floral arrangement ideas

Month after month
Plants for new year include juniper.

New year’s plants, symbols of luck and long life

Month after month
Ribbon plant in a pot

Ribbon plant, remarkable leaves

Foliage houseplants
A young katsura tree branch, perfect for cuttings.

Preparing katsura cuttings – a quick way to propagate your Caramel tree!

Trees
Katsura tree

Katsura, the tree that produces a sweet-smelling fragrance

Trees
Katsura tree varieties

Katsura tree varieties, magnificent and weeping

Trees
katsura bonsai

Katsura bonsai – tips on starting and caring for a Cercidiphyllum caramel tree bonsai

Trees
Young katsura tree at the Geoff Hamilton Memorial Garden

Planting a katsura tree – tips and tricks to make sure it thrives!

Trees
Katsura male flowers on branch

Katsura propagation top techniques & how-to

Trees
Seed pods of the katsura tree on branch, for sowing

Growing a Katsura tree from seed

Trees
Four katsura seeds (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)

Katsura tree germination – success rates, problems, and how to succeed

Trees
Female Cercidiphyllum katsura flower

Katsura tree – is your tree male or female?

Trees
Beekeeper hive garden

A beehive in your garden

Special reports
Spindle bush

Spindle, a shrub with very ornamental leaves and seeds

Shrubs
A hanging plant for inside the house

Indoor hanging plants, delicate but oh-so beautiful!

Indoor plants
Starting an indoor vegetable garden

Indoor vegetable patch, straightforward and effective

The Vegetable Patch
Some indoor plants are easier to care for than others

Easy plants for healthy indoor air

Indoor plants