Harvesting Garlic
Garlic is an easy to grow plant. Plant it toward the end of October or first part of November to harvest in summer. Like other members of the genus Allium, garlic survives nicely over winter.
01Aug
01Jul
Living with Houseplants
A houseplant is a plant that can thrive in normal (not greenhouse) indoor conditions. That means they thrive where we live, with the same light, temperature, space, and humidity. And we provide the food and water.
01Jun
How to Successfully Collect Seeds
A seed is a flowering plant’s unit of reproduction capable of developing into another such plant.
04May
Tree Diversity: Every Tree Has Its Day
Do you know what the United States’ National Tree (officially and unofficially) is? You are right if you answered: the oak tree.
12Apr
Confessions of a Frugal Gardener
As an avid proponent of not throwing away anything that has a useful second life, I created and give a talk on the subject as a member of the Dallas
01Mar
North Texas Gardening: Winter to Early Spring
I must confess that, though I love being a gardener, I sometimes covet my relatives who live in Cleveland, Ohio. They
01Feb
Birds In Your Backyard
Watching colorful birds eating, nesting, and raising their young is a great way to relax and marvel at nature. Setting
28Dec
Stephen Seewoester On Basil
It’s January, but it is not too early to hunt down seeds for this year’s star of the herb garden: Basil. My love of
