Category: General Knowledge

Those “crunchy” little white pebbles in your soil mix might look like Styrofoam, but they’re not. They are actually chunks of perlite, which comes from a type of volcanic glass. So, what is...

Hardware cloth is handy for lots of jobs around the house, but it also has uses in the garden. If you have some spare hardware cloth lying around, you can probably turn it into something...

Sometimes, seeds refuse to germinate – despite your best efforts. There are several reasons that this can happen – and some might be a little surprising! So, what should you do if your seeds...

When you plant seeds indoors, it helps to have a guide so you don’t skip any steps (or go out of order). The steps are a little different, depending on where you live (and different seeds have...

Tomatoes are a fan favorite of gardeners, and it’s easy to see why. Eating a sun-ripened tomato picked from the vine is a quintessential glory of summer gardening. But tomatoes take a long time to...

Philodendron is a tropical plant, so it cannot tolerate the same level of cold that other plants can. However, there are certain species that can get close to freezing and still survive! So,...