When should your vegetable seeds start? December is a great time for direct seeding in some instances, and sowing indoors in others. Experienced gardener Sarah Jay covers seven seeds you can start in both cases to achieve cool-weather harvests and prepare for spring.
When it’s time to protect potted plants, cold weather can be a threat, but it’s not a death sentence. Experienced gardener Sarah Jay covers all the ways you can protect your outdoor plants in containers. There are multiple methods to help outdoor container plants survive.
Want to grow a Christmas cactus, but don’t know where to start? Experienced gardener Sarah Jay has the basics and some tips to help you get your beginner Christmas cactus garden started. Follow these and watch your holiday garden thrive.
If you like Christmas cacti, you’ll be delighted to know there are varieties with different colors. That means you can collect Christmas cactus types of multiple kinds! Here, seasoned gardener Sarah Jay covers 5 types you should pop into your collection the next time you get a chance.
Thinking about when flower seeds start, December isn’t the first month on your mind. But it’s actually a great time to get many flower seeds in the ground, and it’s a perfect time for sowing slow growers indoors. Gardening expert and Master Naturalist Sarah Jay covers 9 seeds you can start this month.
It’s easy to be excited about gardening in spring! But gardening lasts all year, even when it’s cold. Even if you’re new to growing, don’t let frost stop you. Experienced gardener and master naturalist Sarah Jay has tips and tricks to help you with beginner winter gardening.
Philodendrons are among the most common plants grown across the world. In North America, they’re most often houseplants, but in sub-tropical and tropical regions, they are great for growing outdoors. An overgrown philodendron needs some tending to, and expert gardener Sarah Jay walks through how to propagate philodendron houseplants here!
Why buy new seeds every year when you could simply collect them? Whether it’s from your garden or a nearby natural space, if you want to collect native seeds, November is an ideal time to do so. Master naturalist Sarah Jay gives you 13 native seeds to collect in November.
Height layering garden combos distinguish standard gardens from exuberant ones. Experienced gardener and landscape designer Sarah Jay has 9 combos to make your garden a space of solace and beauty, and a place of visual interest.
As freezes roll in, plants suited to more temperate climates should be indoors. You should bring Boston fern inside, along with others that are suited to similar conditions. Follow along with expert gardener Sarah Jay to see how to prepare your fern for indoor conditions.
Pooling water, eroded soil, and waterlogged plants all result from a flooded garden. But there are things you can do to have a flood proof garden, even before it’s planted out! Seasoned gardener, Sarah Jay, has tips to help you improve drainage in your growing space.
If you have a ton of deciduous trees and you need to use them up, save them for your coop. Garden gold comes from fall leaves. Chickens can benefit too! Find out how you can repurpose that fallen foliage as experienced gardener Sarah Jay provides 5 ways to do so!