Latest articles by Madeleine Streets
This popular plant is a great way to introduce color during the wintertime, so here’s how to keep your Christmas cactus in its best blooming condition.
Winter frosts and freezing temperatures can damage your perennial plants, so keep them healthy for spring by moving them indoors this November.
Keep your garden looking bright and cheerful this holiday season by planting some winter-flowering species now.
The humble cardboard box can actually become a very useful piece of yard equipment. Here's how.
If you’re hoping to have a bountiful harvest of allium blooms next spring, you’ll want to plant you bulbs at the right time, in the right way, to ensure success.
Indoor plants are a great way to introduce life and color to your home, but the peace lily offers several extra benefits that make it a interior design favorite.
After months of heavy wear, your lawn needs some careful maintenance to help it survive through to next summer. Here are five easy steps to prepare for it this season.
Experts share these zero-waste ways of getting the most out of your coffee grounds.
Calcium plays a crucial role in plant growth but often gets forgotten by gardeners. Here’s why you should be supplementing your soil with calcium.
Transform your dirty laundry with this common kitchen ingredient that is affordable, sustainable and incredibly effective at keeping your clothes fresh and clean.
Pruning is an important part of plant maintenance, but tomatoes can suffer if you prune the wrong way. Here are 7 common mistakes that could be hindering, not helping, growth.
Tomato plants are some of the easiest to grow. But, if you want a bountiful harvest this year, read these 7 tips.
Intense summer heat can play havoc on your houseplants, even if they live inside full time. Here’s how to tell if your plants are hit by heat stress and what you can do to treat them.
Deadheading can be a practical way to remove old flowers and encourage new growth, but it isn’t always necessary. These 9 plants use other methods to survive another year.
All plants need water and sunlight to survive, but there are a few that can handle the extreme conditions that come with drought. Here are 9 drought-tolerant plants we recommend.
Poison ivy can ruin the best laid summer plans, but it’s often mistaken for another plant. Here’s how to spot poison ivy in the wild and stay rash-free.
Spotted lanternflies have been spreading across the US, damaging plants and promoting disease. Here are the plants that are most likely to attract the pests to your yard.
While spring is the main time for sowing new seeds, these flowers are all well-suited to July planting and should begin to flower before the summer is up.
For delicious vegetables through late summer and early autumn, plant these 7 vegetable crops in July and reap the rewards in just a few weeks time.
As joro spider populations grow and migrate up the East Coast, here’s what you need to know about this new pest — and what it means for your house and garden.
Sometimes you can't avoid having to mow damp grass. Here's how to do it safely
If your gardenia leaves are yellowing, something is going wrong. Find out what’s going wrong, and how to fix it.
5 things to consider before cutting wet grass
