Growing Herbs From Cuttings
Angelo’s Grocery Store Hack My mother made the best spaghetti sauce from a recipe used as a girl in Sicily. She started with thick sauce from tomatoes grown in our garden. As she cooked down […]
Bringing Houseplants Indoors for Winter
How to Bring Plants Inside Temperatures will soon drop to 50°F degrees and below in many parts of the country. Since most houseplants originated from the tropics, they cannot withstand sudden changes in temperature. […]
Garden Seed Storage and Saving
Seed Saving Primer My first experience of seed saving was my early years of gardening with my father. My Dad was from Sicily where most people grew much of their own food and used flowers […]
Delightfully Uncommon Types of Succulent Plants
Interesting Succulents for Your Garden There are many oddities that exist within the world of succulents. Thanks to the efforts of plant purveyors, collectors and hybridizers we can now enjoy several unusual offerings. The following […]
Fall Garden Cleanup
Fall Garden Cleanup and Autumn Garden Maintenance One of my favorite gardening chores is cleaning-up and cutting-back garden plants in the autumn and early winter. In fact, it’s not a chore at all. It’s a […]
Bulbs to Plant in Fall for Spring Color
Plant Bulbs Now for Spring There is nothing like treating yourself to a burst of early spring color after the coldest days of winter with an explosion of blooms from fall planted spring bulbs. Depending […]