Several plant-care products, such as fertilizers, recommend spreading them when plants are somewhat moist so the products stick to the leaves better. That is not the case with Roundup, which was made to kill weeds and other unwanted plants. Roundup works best when the leaves are dry, though its quick absorption rate means you may …
Baby tears is a delicate creeping herb with little glowing green kidney-shaped leaves and multitudes of almost inconspicuous white flowers when in bloom. It grows close to the floor in mats and is often utilized in decorative gardens alongside ferns and other moisture-loving plants; it is also used as a general ground cover. Fortunately for …
Growing edibles, whether veggies, fruit or herbs, has come a long way from the days of big gardens and an equally large time commitment. Now, with the ideal preparation, you can grow your edibles along the edge of a deck, in pots on your patio or perhaps on the edge of a wall onto a …
Celebrate the beauty of character this Earth Day by bringing it to the house. A 2012 publication, Bringing Nature Home: Floral Arrangements Inspired by Nature, by Ngoc Minh Ngo (Rizzoli New York), provides page after page of inspiration on how to do so. The arrangements she photographed “strive to capture the organic gestures of blossoms …