What's new, what's growing, what we're learning. Updates, guides and stories for people who take their garden seriously.
Mediterranean container plants are not hardy. How to sort by frost hardiness, overwinter cool and bright instead of warm and dark and protect the root ball.
From an organic rhizome from the supermarket you grow ginger and turmeric yourself in a pot. How to sprout them, care for the tropical relatives and harvest in autumn.
Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries: almost any berry thrives in a pot. How to choose substrate and pot size, water lime-free and protect the roots in winter.
Hardy into the bed, Mediterranean into the container: why the variety name decides frost hardiness, how the fig forms two harvests, and when it is truly ripe.
A sunny balcony is a full vegetable garden. Why the pot matters more than the variety, which tomatoes really crop in a tub, and how to get watering and feeding right.
Blueberries are wonderfully easy once one single thing is right: the soil has to be acidic. Here's why that matters, how to get it right, and why a container is the smartest choice for most gardens.
