Think Twice About Letting Vines Envelop Your House
Vines climbing the side of a house can look totally charming; something about them implies there is a roaring fire inside that house and a plentiful supply of tea and…
The Three Best Ways to Trellis Your Tomatoes
Here we are in July, where most of us are staring down the tomatoes in our garden, trying to will them to turn red (or orange, yellow, or purple). This…
You Should Plant a Moonlight Garden
On a recent visit to the Phoenix Art Museum, I kept noticing their garden. There was a long walkway of a variety of white flowers of various heights, and even…
Plant These Hard-to-Kill Flowers in Window Boxes
Photo: MARGRIT HIRSCH (Shutterstock) Gardens come in all shapes, sizes, and locations—including growing out of boxes attached to windows. And while window boxes may not seem like gardens in the…
A DIY Garden Trellis Is the Perfect Spring Project
Photo: Rachel Maxwell (Shutterstock) It’s the time of year when gardeners are itching to get some plants in the ground—but if you live in a climate zone where it’s still…
Grow These Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants
Photo: Thomas Barrat (Shutterstock) As spring approaches and you begin to think about what you’re going to plant in your garden and/or yard for the upcoming growing season, there’s a…
Twitter Fleets to Shut Down on August 3: Here Are Other Features It Killed
Twitter on Wednesday announced that it will shut down its ephemeral Fleets feature on August 3, eight months after it was launched. The micro-blogging platform says the feature had failed…
How to Grow Vines on Your Pergola
Photo: AleksNT (Shutterstock) An outdoor space is a bonus wherever you live, especially if you have the room to create some outdoor seating. Structures like a pergola provide protection from…
How to Really Recognize Poison Ivy, Beyond ‘Leaves of Three, Let It Be’
Photo: Bradley D. Saum (Shutterstock) “Leaves of three, let it be” is a classic rhyme about poison ivy, and it’s accurate: The plant’s triple leaflets are a reliable characteristic. But…
Actually, You Don’t Have to Peel Kiwis
Photo: Oksana Mizina (Shutterstock) There are fruits that you must peel before biting into, like pineapples, almost all citrus fruits, and bananas (especially if you have latex allergy). There are…