Want to put your hardworking herbs to yet another use? Making herbal oil is just the thing to try! Infusing herbs from your garden in oil will help extract all those helpful properties of each herb. You’ll be left with a powerful…
The gardeners featured in Pastoral Gardens, a weighty new compendium that has been self-published by photographer Andrew Montgomery and garden editor Clare Foster, are mainly British. But when the pair crossed the Atlantic to document several East Coast landscapes designed by European…
Even with a fence, a neighbour’s cat can still sneak into your garden. While they can just lounge and provide you with company, they may instead choose to chase songbirds and use your garden as a litter box. Yuck! Here’s how to…
While I’m very pro insects in the garden, sometimes they can get out of hand and do more harm than good. This can include ants! Rather than try to exterminate the whole population of ants in your garden or use toxic chemicals…
This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project , a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, nature-based gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. Not far from the Brooklyn waterfront, the Naval…
A plentiful stock of herbs at your disposal is ideal for the at-home chef, amateur herbalist, or skincare enthusiast. But to get an abundant amount of herbs, it all begins with the soil. Here’s how to get the best soil for herbs…
Gardening is often seen as a solitary activity, but there’s also an incredible community to be found among people who love growing plants. Gardening clubs bring people together and provide a connection and community that we can all use more of. Whether…
We know what gardeners want: warm weather, rich soil, and a flat of seedlings. Those things will have to wait till spring, but in the meantime, help them get through winter with these finds made just for plant people. You’ll find something…