When you plan your garden, do you picture everything from a bird's eye view? Many of us do, and while it's often easier to draw your garden on paper as a two-dimensional construct, real plants live in ...

For such sweet-looking things, hanging baskets can be demanding divas. Restricted to small pots and hung in the drying air, their plants often require far more attention to maintain their looks than ...

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There are lots of plants that can be grown in baskets, including cheerful annuals, and small evergreen shrubs that will provide structure and all-year-round interest. Rather than planting randomly, ...

California’s Norfolk Healthy Produce created lots of fanfare and a wild first year when it debuted The Purple Tomato in 2023.

NAIROBI: Unlike ordinary pots, hanging baskets need special consideration when being planted. First, the soil mix needs to be lightweight. Second, the soil must retain moisture, because hanging ...

Have you caught the gardening bug yet? Summer is the perfect time to try and grow your own fruit and veg at home. And the good news is, it’s a lot easier than you might think. From tomatoes to carrots ...

Have you heard a loud screeching hum in the yard yet? Seen any pinky-sized, hard-shelled bugs flying around that look like locusts with bulging, orange-red eyes? Keep your eyes peeled for the ...

There are all sorts of special occasions – Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, May Day and a fair sprinkling of saints’ days, too. There is even – imported from the US – Secretary’s Day. But the most pivotal ...