Peat or coir? That could become one of those defining questions, like "Paper or plastic?" Or (in New Mexico), "Red or green?" Peat is familiar to gardeners, compressed into small melt-in-your-ground ...

Generations of gardeners have relied on peat to ensure their back-breaking work delivered blooms and produce of the finest quality. Many feared their gardens would suffer following moves by the ...

I have had a wonderful time over the years propagating plants of various kinds. It gives me so much pleasure to take a leaf, a seed or a branch and watch it grow into a replica of the original plant.

Spring means it's time for gardeners to think about seedlings, those little baby plants all ready to get plunked into the ground. And a hands-on technique for growing them, called "soil blocking," is ...

Decades ago, horticulturists studied ways to provide potted plants with a medium that offered support and nutrition as well as drainage and aeration, Don Kinzler writes.

There are countless indoor seed starting options on the market. You can find everything from mini-greenhouses that use peat ...

Venturing into the soil amendment war zone is dangerous. Everyone who has mixed or enriched garden soil has an opinion about what works, what doesn't, and why. It's not like slug remedies, for ...

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