Are the deer eating your shrubs this winter? There are several possible deer deterrents, but today i want to focus on just one: human hair. ...

If you follow the directions on your houseplant fertilizer, you will over-fertilize your poor plants. More is not better. After all, the fer...

My hospice client, D, died on Saturday, and i am sending sympathy cards to her husband, to her daughter, and to her son. Sometimes, i make m...

I love variegated foliage, so 4 summers ago, i bought a Never-Never plant ( Ctenanthe tricolor ) as the centerpiece of the flowerpot at my f...

My Christmas cactus is in full bloom. Hmmm. What to call it? I've heard of Thanksgiving cactus and Easter cactus. Shall i call it Martin...

The geraniums i brought indoors in September are getting leggy as they reach for the low light of winter. The leggy stems lose their green a...

It's January. It's cold. It's icy. It snowed last night. It's a good time to curl up with a seed catalog, or a stack of seed...