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The basics is a bag of compost, an air pump, and a bucket. Sounds easy enough, but it’s a delicate ecosystem in there. If you … Read more

Grass clippings: They will decompose rapidy, so fast that most folks think they’re ideal compost ingredients. Don’t overdo it with the clippings, however; a heap … Read more

It begins with a bagful of leaves in the back yard, or a messy kitchen, and ends with dark, crumbly soil (how long it takes … Read more

One little red shoot comes up in soil in early spring, and it can make you panic. It’s saying it’s time to start growing, but … Read more

What’s more, you begin with a bucket of coffee grounds and vegetable peelings, so how do you know how soon they’ll be transformed into soil? … Read more

Backyard composting has its own kind of denial. “It’s done,” you think, turning the heap, seeing worms look happy, feeling it get hot. It feels … Read more

Growing raspberries is mechanical work. Encourage the growth of new canes, then encourage those canes to grow roots. Tools like heat mats and calculators can … Read more

When you bought your snake plant, some kind of assurance was probably included with it: indestructible. True, mostly, except when you attempt to propagate it. … Read more

When propagating blueberries: Know the difference between bottom progress and top growth. Maybe you tucked in those cuttings with their stems all hormonal and what-not, … Read more

When you begin with a cactus cutting, there’s certain sort of hope you should of expecting. In a way, the severed stem has already decided … Read more

There it is: a fresh frangipani cutting (maybe even with a little spray bottle in hand, ready to coax roots from that woody stem) that … Read more