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Logan Hailey

Logan Hailey is a passionate garden writer and former ecological farmer. She has a BS in sustainable horticulture and has been featured by MSN.com, Thrillist, and Apartment Therapy as well as many other major news outlets for her gardening expertise.

A low-growing blue fescue plant, featuring slender, silvery-blue blades arranged in a compact tuft. Its foliage forms a dense mound, creating a vibrant contrast against the earthy tones of the ground.

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Blue Fescue

With their robust drought tolerance and unique foliage, it’s a no-brainer to add these cute blue puffball grasses to your low-maintenance ornamental garden. Former organic farmer and horticulture expert Logan Hailey digs into the straightforward care for this lowkey ornamental.

Close-up of Spiral Aloe leaves. The Spiral Aloe (Aloe polyphylla) is a remarkable succulent prized for its striking and intricate appearance. This plant produces a stunning rosette of spiraling, fleshy leaves. The tightly packed leaves create a symmetrical spiral pattern. Each leaf is armed with small, soft spines along its margins.

Houseplants

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Spiral Aloe

Do you want to add the eye-catching fractal leaves of spiral aloe to your landscape? Grow this rare, enchanting spiralized succulent in rock gardens and containers with extra well-drained soil and mild temperatures. Garden expert Logan Hailey digs into all the details for cultivating this African native plant.

Ruby buckwheat blossoms display a mix of pale and deep pink hues, creating a vibrant floral cluster. The tall green stems hold these colorful flowers against a blurred backdrop of a mass planting and evergreens, emphasizing their striking beauty.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Ruby Buckwheat

If you love rare plants and superfood ingredients, you don’t want to miss out on growing ruby buckwheat! Former organic farmer Logan Hailey digs into everything you need to know about cultivating this stunning red-flowering Himalayan buckwheat.

A blue butterfly lands on a spike of purple flowers on a rainy day.

Gardening Tips

29 Best Plants for Your Rain Garden

Stop waterway pollution, prevent flooding, and cover mucky low-lying areas with rain garden plants that are as functional as they are beautiful. Former organic farmer Logan Hailey digs into the best species for wet, low-lying areas.

Three white plastic trays sit on a windowsill, filled with dark, moist soil. Sprouts of various heights and thickness carpet the soil, their leaves a vibrant shade of green. A few delicate stems stretch towards the window, bathed in the soft glow of the morning sun.

Seeds

21 Easy to Start Seeds for Beginner Gardeners

As you embark on your first gardening season, there is no need to be intimidated by complex growing methods. Former organic farmer Logan Hailey shares 21 seeds that are easy to plant and quick to germinate so you can enjoy fresh food and flowers ASAP.

A red Gladiolus bloom is covered in a thin layer of frost.

Gardening Tips

How to Find Your Last Frost Date

When planning your spring garden, your last frost date provides the best estimate for when it’s safe to seed certain crops. Former organic farmer and garden expert Logan Hailey explains how to find the last frost date for your specific location.

Close-up of aloe dying in a large black pot. The plant has a rosette of drooping, withered, rotting, brown, lance-shaped leaves with pointed tips and small spines along the edges.

Cacti & Succulents

6 Reasons Your Aloe is Turning Black and Dying

Aloe vera is known for its resilience, but that doesn’t mean it is invincible. If your aloe vera plant looks black, sad, or withered, you may need to adjust the soil, sunlight, watering, or temperature to bring it back to health. Garden expert Logan Hailey digs into common reasons for a blackened aloe and how to fix them.

winter sow milk jug. Close-up of a milk jug with a growing young tomato seedling in a sunny garden on a raised bed. A tomato seedling has a vertical stem with complex pinnate green leaves. The leaves consist of oval leaflets with jagged edges.

Seeds

How to Winter Sow Seeds in a Milk Jug

Get a head start on your spring garden without an elaborate indoor seed-starting setup. Former organic farmer and garden expert Logan Hailey explains how you can reuse milk jugs as mini-greenhouses for starting seeds outdoors.