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Houseplants

How and Why to Cut Off Spider Plant Babies (Spiderettes)

Spider plants grow happily for years with few demands, and healthy specimens produce a cascade of spidery offshoots. For a whole host of new transplants and a vigorous mother plant, it helps to remove some spider babies. Join garden expert Katherine Rowe in how to best preserve and foster these long-lasting, adaptable favorites.

A close-up of vivid pink flowers with soft, velvety petals surrounded by lush green leaves.

Flowers

7 Moth Orchid Mistakes to Avoid This Season

Moth orchids are among the easiest species to care for. They make beautiful houseplants, and their long-lasting flowers are lovely and reliable. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to talk about some things you should avoid when caring for your moth orchid this season.

A cluster of green, round Citrus aurantiifolia fruits growing among shiny leaves on a dense tree branch.

Fruits

How and When to Harvest Limes

Citrus trees offer incredible benefits for home gardeners. Buy a lime tree today and you’ll cultivate it for years! Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant to learn when and how to harvest ripe limes, as well as how to store them long-term.

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Edible

11 Best Mushroom Growing Supplies for Home Growers

Mushroom lovers should try growing at home! It’s rewarding to see your hard work and cultivation result in dozens of delicious mushrooms. Join naturalist Jerad Bryant in discovering these eleven indispensable tools for cultivating fungi at home.

spider plant sitting by a window and growing new sprouts

Houseplants

Too Many Spider Plants: What to Do With Spider Plant Babies

Spider plants sprout babies on long, arching stems. They develop into clones of the mother plant, giving you ample young plants to manage. Are you wondering what to do with all these sprouts? Wonder no more, as longtime houseplant grower Jerad Bryant offers these solutions for your hefty supply.

Delicate plants with slender green stems, small oval leaves, and clusters of tiny, bright blue flowers with yellow centers, known as one of the flower seeds that can be sown on snow for early blooms.

Flowers

11 Flower Seeds You Can Sow On the Snow

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need frost-free weather to sow seeds. Many seeds actually require cold exposure to germinate! Join garden expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey to learn about eleven flowers that you can plant on top of snow.

Different vegetable seeds like corn, radish, and beetroot are scattered on a white table from craft bags with inscriptions, reminding gardeners to order seeds December for the upcoming planting season.

Seeds

5 Benefits of Ordering Your Seeds in December

While next year’s gardening season may seem ages away, it will be here before you know it. So, get a jump on your garden by ordering seeds in December. Farmer Briana Yablosnki shares five benefits of ordering seeds early.

Close up of the globe-shaped flower clusters in soft cream and yellow tones bloom on leafless, gracefully arching branches with textured, silvery bark, making it one of the most showy winter shrubs.

Shrubs

17 Showy Shrubs That Shine in the Winter Landscape

Breathe life into the winter garden with a diverse palette of shrubs that show off in the cold season. With vibrant fruits, foliage, forms, and fragrances, they continue the display in an otherwise quiet landscape. Enjoy the multiseason interest these top performers (including natives and their cultivars) offer in winter and beyond with garden expert Katherine Rowe.

Glossy, oval-shaped leaves with a vibrant green hue and slightly serrated edges cluster along slender branches, showcasing the beauty of a lime tree with no fruit.

Fruits

7 Reasons Your Lime Tree Isn’t Setting Fruit

When you plant a lime tree, you probably imagine harvesting tart and juicy fruits. Therefore, it’s frustrating when your tree remains fruitless. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn a few reasons why your tree may be lacking fruit and how to remedy the problem.