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Dandelion in field

Dandelion, people actually grow it!

The Vegetable Patch
vegetable patch in fall with spinach growing in the foreground

Life goes on in the vegetable patch

The Vegetable Patch
Beekeeper hive garden

A beehive in your garden

Special reports
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
Cuttings from favorite plants

Prepare cuttings from your favorite plants

Special reports
Spindle bush

Spindle, a shrub with very ornamental leaves and seeds

Shrubs
Astilbe

Astilbe, remarkable foliage, even more stunning blooms

Perennials
Bladder-senna fruits, light pink balloons

Bladder-senna, pods full of air like tiny balloons!

Shrubs
Alchemilla lady's mantle

Lady’s mantle, the woman’s herb

Perennials
Indoor barberry plants

Growing Barberry indoors

Indoor plants
Newly planted dwarf barberry shrub.

Dwarf Barberry varieties, berberis for low-lying hedges and wonderful shrub beds

Shrubs
Berberis bonsai grown from stump of a larger shrub.

Barberry bonsai, how to grow one from scratch

Special reports
Hard pruning lavender

Hard pruning of lavender, a three-year task

Garden Flowers
Layering lavender

Layering lavender, a great way to propagate lavender

Garden Flowers
Woody lavender pruning

How to prune lavender that is woody

Garden Flowers
How to plant a tree or shrub

How to plant a tree or shrub

Trees and shrubs
How to minimize lawn care

To reduce lawn care…

Lawn Care
Ground cover plants

Ground cover plants, no more mowing!

Lawn Care
main squash varieties

Scores of squash! Discover the most surprising varieties

The Vegetable Patch
Yarrow

Yarrow, an easy herb

Herbs and spices
Raised incredible edible garden bed in a city

Incredible edible, new urban vegetable patches

Special reports
provide insect bird animals with shelter

Provide small animals, insects and birds with shelter

Special reports
Winter crops

Stock the pantry with winter vegetables

The Vegetable Patch
Plum facts

Plum, a sweet delicacy: key facts and origin

The fruit Orchard
Saxifrage

Saxifrage (Saxifraga), advice on caring for it

Perennials
small japanese garden ideas

Japanese inspiration for the garden

Special reports
Husks and hulls of Sichuan pepper with slight infection.

Sichuan pepper regulations – common sense prevails!

Special reports
A plate with molding food like apples, prunes and tomato.

Avoiding mold on food

Treating diseases and pests
A robin bird in a mahonia tree, an example of the many mahonia benefits

Mahonia benefits for house, health & more

Special reports
Harvesting mahonia

Harvesting Mahonia berries – easy but watch for stains

Special reports
The mahonia berry, with seeds, fruit and leaves.

Mahonia berry – sweet & tart, best after freezing!

Special reports
Mahonia eurybracteata

Mahonia eurybracteata, a yellow-blooming fall shrub

Garden Flowers
Mahonia soft caress

Mahonia Soft Caress, fern-like leaves for a Japanese garden

Garden Flowers
Lavandula latifolia

Lavandula latifolia, the broad-leaved lavender

Garden Flowers
A full panicle of spike lavender flowers close-up, slightly dried.

Spike lavender, the lavender for wild rock gardens

Perennials
Make poinsettia red

Poinsettia, start right now to make it turn red again

Flowering houseplants
Evergreen laurel

Laurel, evergreen species for greenery in winter 

Shrubs
Caladium

Caladium, flashy colorful leafage

Foliage houseplants
Reduce transplant shock

Minimizing transplant shock – tips & tricks to make sure your plant survives

Treating diseases and pests
Peperomia

Peperomia, a houseplant noted for its foliage

Foliage houseplants
fushia

Fushia vs Fuchsia, spelling for this garden flower shrub

Garden Flowers
Fuchsia fulgens

Fuchsia fulgens, beautiful carmine flowers

Garden Flowers
Primrose - Primula

Primrose, one of the first to bloom!

Perennials
Chrysalidocarpus plant

Chrysalidocarpus, advice and care

Indoor plants
Mulch, a winter protection, under a soapbush shrub

Protect easily your garden from the cold

Special reports
Flax mulch

Flax mulch, one of the brightest plant mulches for the garden

Special reports
Elder, sambucus nigra, flower

Black elder, known for its fruits

Shrubs
Pygmy date palm

Pygmy date palm, a true indoor palm tree

Indoor plants
cestrum

Cestrum, a shrub with fragrant hanging flowers

Shrubs
Two hemerocallis flowers on a single stem

Hemerocallis, an exceptional perennial bulb

Perennials