When it comes to organic fertilizers for container gardening, you have two basic choices: granular or liquid. Let’s talk about each of them in detail.
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Zucchini growing problems: 10 common issues and how to overcome them
Zucchini and other soft-skinned summer squashes are usually pretty easy to grow. But, gardeners do sometimes face struggles with these productive crops. Perhaps your vines stopped producing in mid summer? Or the fruits were small or deformed? Or maybe your plants simply died before producing any fruits? If you found yourself asking why zucchini growing problems struck your garden, this solution guide is for you.
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Easy projects for mini holiday houseplants
One year in late November, as I was pushing my cart around a local garden center, trying to decide between an amaryllis and paperwhites, I discovered something sitting among a table of poinsettias: a mini poinsettia! I brought it home and popped it into a tealight candle holder. It was such a cute addition to my mantle, it sparked an obsession with mini holiday houseplants. Now each year when I go to purchase the usual festive assortment of plants, I also grab some minis to display in various ways. In this article, I’m going to share some easy mini holiday houseplant projects.
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Plant an herb garden for a kitchen window
There are so many reasons to grow herbs indoors; they add garden-fresh flavor to food, fragrance and greenery to indoor spaces, and because packages of fresh herbs are expensive to buy at the supermarket, growing your own can save you money. It’s easy to create an herb garden for a kitchen window when you start with a little smart planning. Most herbs grow well indoors, but you’ll need to provide a few basic necessities, like adequate light, to ensure a healthy windowsill garden.
The coolest houseplants: Indoor plant love
I think Instagram helped shine a light on the coolest houseplants and really spark the trend. It’s not that they ever went anywhere, but a few factors have meant MUCH more selection at local florists and garden centres. It’s now possible to find more than a peace lily or African violet or Boston fern to decorate with indoors. Some of the accounts that I started to follow featured these vibrant, leafy Instagram feeds of verdant indoor spaces. Lush greenery frames the pictures and modern knick knacks, rather than the other way around. I discovered Plant the Future’s feed with its Star Wars planters and fun, offbeat designs. I also started following The Jungalow and the Toronto-based Houseplant Journal.
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How to Overwinter Cucamelon Tubers
Cucamelons are the most popular crop in our vegetable garden with the long, slender vines yielding hundreds of grape-sized fruits that resemble tiny watermelons. Hence, their other name, ‘mouse melons’, or as they’re better known, Mexican Sour Gherkins. Most gardeners start their cucamelon plants from seed sown indoors in mid-spring, but the plants also produce tubers that can be lifted and stored over the winter. Growing cucamelons from tubers gives you a head start on the spring growing season, and results in an earlier and larger harvest.
