How To Make Pond Soil For Underwater Potted Aquatic Plants
admin
My lower back still aches when I recall the spring of 2002. I spent three days hoisting forty-pound terracotta pots into a knee-deep concrete pond, only to watch the water…
June 2026
10 Rock Painting Ideas For Garden Flower Beds to Add Color and Order to Your Plots
My lower back still aches from hauling a bucket of river stones up my muddy garden path yesterday afternoon. That is the unglamorous truth of this life; gardening is heavy,…
10 Fun Ways To Repurpose Old Wine Bottles Into Garden Art
I still carry a faint, silver scar on my left thumb from a humid afternoon back in 2009. I was trying to score a stubborn green Riesling bottle with a…
11 Big Bold Foliage Tropical Plants for a Heavyweight Garden Display
My lower back still aches when I recall the spring of 2005. I was trying to acclimatize a delicate batch of broad-leafed tropicals to a dry, wind-swept courtyard, and they…
10 Plant Companion Ideas For Patio Ponds: How to Build a Balanced Miniature Ecosystem
We need to talk about the mud first. If you have ever dragged a heavy, glazed ceramic pot across a concrete patio only to realize it has a hairline crack,…
10 Creative Garden & Patio Gabion Ideas for Hardworking Landscapes
My lower back still aches when I recall the summer of 2005. I was desperately trying to keep a collection of delicate tropical foliage alive in a wind-scoured, dry clay…
How To Grow Moss On Planters And Landscape Rocks: A Realistic Guide to Cultivating Velvet Greenery
My knees still ache when I think about my first major moss landscaping attempt in the spring of 2005. I spent three grueling weeks kneeling on cold, wet gravel, trying…
10 Vegetable & Flower Plants That Like Epsom Salt for Better Growth
My back still aches when I think about the spring of 1998. I had just lost a collection of rare orchids to overwatering, a mistake that still stings my pride.…
How to Care for Irises After They Bloom: A Practical Guide to Keeping Rhizomes Healthy and Next Year’s Flowers Heavy
The garden is quiet now, and the vibrant blues, deep purples, and smoky bronzes of the iris display have faded into memory. What remains is a somewhat untidy patch of…
10 Flowers To Plant In July For A Late-Season Color Boost
My lower back is screaming at me today, mostly because I spent the morning hauling heavy bags of woodchips under a relentless July sun. My fingernails are permanently stained with…