The poinsettia plant is a perennial. Yes, they really are. The indoor plant you use to decorate during the holidays is actually a flowering shrub. Use these tips on how to keep your poinsettia plant alive this year to enjoy it year-round. The signature plant of the Holiday season is beautiful red poinsettias. They startRead More
5 Frugal Ways to Start Seeds Indoors
If you want to get an early start on your garden, use one of these frugal ways to start seeds indoors. Then after the last frost, you can plant the seedlings in your garden. I am so glad the weather is finally starting to get nice here in the northwest part of the country. ThisRead More
10 Household Items You Can Use as Seed Starters
If you plan on starting seeds indoors this year, you will need some seed starters to get the job done. Seed starters help give your seeds a strong start, giving them a safe place to grow until they can be transplanted outdoors. You could buy seed starters, but so many other common household items canRead More
Tips for Growing Fabulous Ferns
One of the wonderful things about ferns is they can be grown both indoors and outdoors. If you live where the growing season is short, growing ferns in containers that can be brought indoors for the winter months is ideal. Ferns can be a tad finicky, but once you know some key tips and tricksRead More
7 Annuals You Can Bring Indoors During the Winter
Annuals look so beautiful during the summer months, but they simply aren’t made for the cold winter weather. Because of this, most gardeners toss their annuals in the early fall when the temperatures start to change. If you wish you could enjoy those beautiful blooms a bit longer, why not consider annuals that can beRead More
7 Secrets to Starting Seeds Indoors
Growing produce and flowers from seeds can save you a ton of money over buying seedlings ready to plant from a garden store. There are several reasons to begin your seeds indoors instead of outside. You can get them started earlier even while there is still frost on the ground. Keeping seedlings indoors also keepsRead More
7 Tips for Growing Venus Flytraps
Venus flytraps are a fun plant to introduce to children, as they are one of the few meat eating plants and quite an exotic variety! Even though Venus flytraps are meat eaters, you shouldn’t be scared of them as they are quite gentle plants and even easy to care for. If you want a VenusRead More
How to Grow Tulips Indoors
To be honest, tulips are a hard bulb to force to bloom indoors, but it can be done. It’s hard not to want to have tulips blooming indoors because of their showcase of bright colors of yellow, pink, red, purple, orange, and some absolutely stunning bicolors. The size of the tulip does matter and thisRead More
Natural Ways to Care for Your Houseplants
I absolutely love having houseplants. If I could, I would have a whole jungle growing in my home. One dream of mine is to have one of those enclosed patios that has tons of light but shields the plants from the cold weather and wind. I would create a mini-rainforest in it! There are soRead More
7 Christmas Cactus Care Tips
Christmas Cactus are a popular plant to give and receive during the holiday season. When taken care of, they can last for years and put on a flowering show each season. If you want to learn more about how to care for a Christmas Cactus, take a look at 7 Christmas Cactus Care Tips below.Read More
10 Tips for Growing Indoor Herbs
Growing an indoor herb garden doesn’t mean you have to have a green thumb, but it does require a good dose of natural sunlight and some tender loving care. By using just a few pots indoors, fresh herb plants can provide you with a nice variety for all of your culinary adventures. The most commonRead More
How to Grow Citrus Indoors
If you are like me, you might live in an area that citrus doesn’t quite grow so well. I live in the pacific northwest and although we rock at apples and lentils, citrus fruits just don’t fare well here outdoors. The good news is, you can still grow some citrus indoors year round and theyRead More
How to Start an Indoor Plant Garden – Tips for Caring for Houseplants
One of the best ways to make a house a home is to have indoor plants throughout. There is just something calming and peaceful when a home is filled with plants. Most houseplants come from tropical areas and they were the plants on the floor of the jungle or woods. Since the canopy ofRead More
How to Make a Mini-Greenhouse
I love starting my seedlings inside in the spring. I always start my coo-weather crops in late February even though the plants cannot be put outside until early May. I start my warm weather crops in late March, but they can’t be planted outside in my region until after Father’s Day. Since my seedlings willRead More
