Daffodil Bloom Duration Calculator
If daffodils fizzle by end of weekend, this is what you’re in for: Your hopes were high; you planted them to get that first blast … Read more
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Vegetable Days To Harvest Chart
Days to harvest on the back of a seed pack is a figure we count on, but one that almost never coincides with when we … Read more
Pothos Cutting Root Time Calculator
What’s going on in there? It’s hard to tell when looking into a glass jar of water. Cut back the vine, stick the node beneath … Read more
Vegetable Cold Tolerance Chart
Then the weather app tells you: Frost Warning. What to do? Panic. Go out and survey your garden; what won’t make it through the night? … Read more
Tulip Bulb Sprouting Time Calculator
When you plant tulip bulbs in october, forget about them until april, and a certain sort of panic sets in: You go out to the … Read more
Vegetable Growth Chart
When you pull up A CARROT and find it puny, you blame yourself (you watered wrong; you didn’t amend the soil). More often than not, … Read more
Dahlia Tuber Drying Time Calculator
Dig your dahlias (and dahlias are one crop that realy must be dried off asap!). I always forget how long they should dry, so it’s … Read more
Nightshade Vegetables Chart
The tricky family of nightshades: Why is a green tomato you’re staring at in late September grassy-flavored? Why do some years everything go well with … Read more
Tulip Bulb Storage Life Calculator
In late summer, when you buy your tulip bulbs, you remember: Oh yes, I have to do something with those things, though what it is, … Read more
Dark Green Leafy Vegetables Chart
The healthy-greens mindset is like this: Greens are good for you, so you’re getting greens. But unless you’re harvesting curly kale or other truly dark … Read more
Dahlia Bloom Time Calculator
Early summer’s silent dahlia bed seems falsely peaceful. All that waiting, the digging and setting of tubers, and now you’re wondering if that lump of … Read more