Farming Chart

When you stand in nursery aisle with A flat of hydrangeas, you think they’ll be just right as backdrop to your patio. You plant them … Read more

Gardening anxiety strikes late at night, when you see in your minds eye a smallish potted hydrangea you bought three years ago… Now big, blocking … Read more

If you grow spore-producing plants in your greenhouse, you might assume they’re all ferns. That’s easy to do, especially if label reads simply “green thing … Read more

Planting a vineyard? Easy! Dig some holes; drop in the roots. Not so fast. It involve much more structure than that. What you’re doing is … Read more

Haven’t you felt that hollowness of the empty garden? That first year of spaced-out vines or any plant can feel lonely because there is no … Read more

The moss itself has all kinds of survival strategies. Moss isn’t just this flat plain of green across a wall, for instance; it’s actualy a … Read more

L ike light, and tell you what they like: Ferns are finicky about light; read their colors. The one you purchased, perhaps because its lushness … Read more

There are several reasons why holiday cacti tend to drop their buds: They’re confused. Usualy, that means they got the wrong message from you about … Read more

In the Sonoran Desert, you spot a 3-armed saguaro. Middle-aged? Ancient? Who can tell? Saguaro measure their time in decades, not in seasons. Here are … Read more

If you’re accustomed to spring bulbs or even just garden gnomes, the desert operates on a different time-keeping system: one whose clock seems broken, as … Read more