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Marjoram health benefits

Marjoram: traditional uses, how to prepare it, and what to watch for

Health
Blackthorn berries or sloes clustered on a branch.

Blackthorn, delicious wild berries

The fruit Orchard
Dried and fresh oregano side-by-side

Oregano: traditional uses, how to use it, and what to watch for

Health
Pruning grapevine

Pruning grapevine, tips and guidance to succeed

The fruit Orchard
Kerria japonica

Japanese Kerria: growing guide and garden uses

Shrubs
Lemon balm benefits

Lemon balm: traditional uses, infusions and how to grow your own

Health
Planting lemon thyme

Lemon thyme, a citrus-scented variety of the famous Mediterranean herb

Herbs and spices
Cornflower wreath worn for its health benefits

Cornflower: how to use the flowers, the water and the compresses

Health
Silver ragwort

Silver ragwort, unique leaves

Perennials
Benefits of geranium

Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum): traditional uses, preparation and cautions

Health
Turmeric for health

Turmeric: the golden rhizome, its traditional uses and how to prepare it

Health
Close-up of a square of kikuyu grass lawn.

Kikuyu grass, lawns made easy

Lawn Care
Benefits of lemon

Lemon: how to use the juice, peel and zest at home

Health
hydrangea cuttings

How to prepare hydrangea cuttings

Special reports
Small dots of yellow and a few brown blotches dot the top of a rose leaf covered in rust.

Rust, techniques and treatments to avoid it

Treating diseases and pests
Two caterpillars on a nasturtium leaf with pellets of waste.

Caterpillars, organic treatments to control them

Treating diseases and pests
Melon growing in a vegetable patch

Growing melon, what you need to know

The Vegetable Patch
Ivy-leaf geranium in a pot with a stunning red flower

Ivy geranium, growing and caring for it

Perennials
Surfinia flower

Surfinia, the hanging petunia with abundant blooming

Annuals and biennials
Magnificent example of a cloud-pruned shrub with 8 to 10 clouds and a silver gray trunk.

Cloud pruning for trees and shrubs

Trees and shrubs
Peach health benefits

Peach: traditional uses, how to eat it, and what to watch for

Health
Allium giganteum

Allium, exceptional bulbs

Bulb flowers
Dandelion in grass with heart-shaped stone marked with "happy".

Dandelion: leaf, root and flower, and what herbalists do with them

Health
Calendula officinalis petals

Pot marigold (calendula): traditional uses, preparations and cautions

Health
Petunia growing in a pot

Petunia, perpetually fashionable

Annuals and biennials
Increase fruit harvest - a basket of apples.

Best practices to enhance fruit harvest

The fruit Orchard
Powdery mildew symptoms and treatments

Avoiding and treating powdery mildew

Treating diseases and pests
Disease killing cypress trees

Cypress canker

Treating diseases and pests
Dracaena marginata - dragon tree

Dracaena marginata, caring for Madagascar dragon tree

Foliage houseplants
Clematis montana

Clematis montana, the mountain clematis

Climbing plants
Grape blister mite

Grape Erineum mite, tiny spider causing blisters on grapevine

Treating diseases and pests
Oakleaf lettuce

Oakleaf, a delicious lettuce

The Vegetable Patch
Squill - scilla

Squill, care and planting this cute forest hyacinth

Bulb flowers
Lily flowers in a natural pond created in a garden.

Create a natural pond

Special reports
Grahamii sage, discover it

Grahamii sage, a perfect score

Perennials
Choisya ternata Sundance, a golden-leaved Mexican Orange

Choisya Sundance, the golden Mexican orange tree

Shrubs
Graham's sage flowers, or Salvia grahamii

Graham’s sage, a superb shrub sage

Garden Flowers
delphinium

Delphinium, how to care for tall larkspur flowers

Perennials
Helichrysum growing guide

Italian Everlasting (Helichrysum), the curry plant

Perennials
Young blooms of the Choisya ternata Aztec Pearl

Aztec Pearl Choisya, a small flower-bearing shrub

Shrubs
Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus tree care and benefits

Trees
Begonia albopicta tamaya

Tamaya, Begonia maculata

Flowering houseplants
Clematis armandii

Clematis armandii, early and fragrant

Climbing plants
Poppy flower

Poppy, Papaver, cute spring flowers

Perennials
Planting silverbeet

Silverbeet, a leaf & stem vegetable

The Vegetable Patch
Seed sowing tray

Sowing in trays, crates or boxes

The Vegetable Patch
A close-up of a blue-eyed person's eyelid.

Soothing compresses for puffy, irritated eyelids: plants and how to use them

Health
A few leaves of corn salad in the growing bed.

Corn salad, how to grow corn salad

The Vegetable Patch
Bamboo shoots clumping together in front of a door.

Control invasive bamboo – options and solutions

Trees and shrubs
Permaculture basic principles - nature teacher

Permaculture, nature is the ultimate teacher

The Vegetable Patch
Datura flower, double or triple, with white and purple petals

Datura tips and guidance for the best possible care

Trees and shrubs