Houston has a semi-tropical climate with high humidity and good soil. It has always had a large population that supported the nursery/landscaping/gardening industry and the many garden centers and local industries that are part of it. There’s a lot of money here and a sizeable sophisticated demographic which is a good market for quality suppliers ...
Winter hit with blistering cold temperatures and record snowfalls for much of the country and left gardeners wondering what damage was done to their plot of land. Luckily for us, plants are as resilient as kids and will come bouncing back with a vengeance. However, you may want to brush up on some of the ...
Maybe you like to garden but don’t have time to visit multiple garden centers to find the right plant. Or maybe you’re looking for something nobody else in the neighborhood has. If so, buying plants on the internet may be for you. Here are six tips to help find the right plant to buy and ...
Seeds aren’t exactly cheap if you consider the small amount contained within those little packets typically sold in stores. You don’t have to buy them. Save money and begin harvesting seeds from vegetables grown in your garden. You can start your very own heirloom vegetables to pass down from generation to generation. Have you ever ...
I’m not talking about the usual ways to get free plants. We all know to swap seeds and things like that. I’m talking about devious gardening here. Not theft, although in some cases, it comes close. Want to know how some gardeners get their vast collections of plants? If you promise not to judge, I’ll ...
There’s more to gardening that sticking a shovel in the ground, clearing the grass and tossing seeds in the ground. Healthy produce takes time to grow, and it starts with healthy soil. This process should actually begin the season before your first planting. If you’re beginning it now, that’s okay. You won’t have a bumper ...
The holidays are over and the wait for spring begins. Lucky for me my Baker’s Seed Catalog has arrived filling my gardening spirit with joy. The Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Catalog is more like a beautiful magazine than a seed catalog. The free 132 page full color catalog is sent out to over 250,000 gardeners ...
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