7 Tips for Growing Tasty Tomatoes Indoors
The following is a guest blog post by Richard Clayton. His website, My Greenery Life, discusses everything about lawn care, DIY gardening and critter control topics. If you have a short summer...
View ArticleTime to Bring Your Houseplants in for Winter-You Can Grow That!
Vacation is officially over for your houseplants! Now that cooler weather has arrived, it’s time to move them back indoors. Once nighttime temperatures dip to 45 degrees or lower, your tender tropical...
View ArticleMake a Quick and Easy Halloween Terrarium
Want a spooktacular project that is fun to make? Try planting a Halloween terrarium. Easily create a scary scene in a glass terrarium bowl or hanging globe. Fill the terrarium with small plants and...
View Article6 Tasty Herbs to Grow Indoors this Fall and Winter
When the weather outside becomes cold and dreary, cooking with fresh herbs from your indoor garden is sure to brighten your mood. That’s the way it works for Ashleigh Lemon, who enjoys adding homegrown...
View ArticleWhy are the Tips of Your Houseplant Leaves Brown?
Are your houseplants (and you) bothered by leaf tip burn? Though it may look like a disease, browning tips of otherwise healthy houseplant leaves indicates one or more of the following: Causes of...
View ArticleMe and This Houseplant-Ms. Calathea: You Can Grow That!
I’m going to tell you a story. It may be a story that you've experienced yourself. With your own picky houseplant that obviously has a mind of its own. So I get this houseplant a few years ago....
View ArticleHow to Grow Garlic Indoors
The following guest blog post is by Ann Sanders, founder and editor of A Green Hand. If you like to cook with garlic, it’s easy to grow this tasty bulb in your indoor kitchen garden. Try these simple...
View ArticleHouseplant Survival Infographic
The following guest post is from EZ Living Furniture in Ireland. They put together this handy guide for growing some popular houseplants in various areas of the home. It's all about decorating your...
View ArticleSpace Age Indoor Growing with AeroGarden
Remember those episodes of Star Trek when they showed tasty vegetables and fruits growing on the spaceship? I remember watching as a kid, mesmerized as the ship’s horticulturists cultivated exotic...
View ArticleGifts for Indoor Gardeners-You Can Grow That!
If you know someone who enjoys gardening in the great indoors, choose a gift for the houseplant lover. The following plants and gadgets for indoor growing are sure to delight the green thumbs in your...
View ArticleHealthy Houseplants in the Top 25 Houseplant Blogs!
Happy New Year to you and your houseplants! 2018 started out on a great note when Healthy Houseplants was selected by Feedspot as #9 in their: Top 25 Houseplant Blogs and Websites for Indoor...
View ArticleGrow Houseplants from Seed-You Can Grow That!
Want to grow unusual houseplant varieties that you can’t find in stores or even online? Try growing houseplants from seed. A surprising number of houseplants can be easily grown from seed....
View ArticleIndoor Gardeners: Do You Have GADS? You Can Grow That!
When I read Carol Michel’s book of gardening essays, Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, I was relieved. I finally had a name for an affliction I’ve had since the age of seven when I met and...
View ArticleHouseplants are the Forgiving Sort
One of my favorite things about houseplants is their forgiving nature. You forget to water them. Most will spring back—at least partially. You forget to feed them. They slurp up the nutrients when you...
View ArticleAvoid Burning Your Houseplant on “Beach” Day This Summer
Do you have a pale houseplant that looks like it needs a little light vacation this summer? A trip outside for some sunlight seems like a splendid idea! You’ll just take the plant out and plop it in...
View ArticleIs Your Indoor Garden Tormented by Mealybugs?
Mealybugs, mealybugs, why do you torment me and my houseplants? It all started when I was a kid. I began indoor gardening at the age of 7. With coleus. I bought a beautiful, velvety coleus home...
View ArticleHow to Root Prune a Houseplant
Because of space limitations, you may not want to transplant a large floor plant to a bigger pot. In this case, you can root prune the plant and put it back into the same pot. Root pruning might...
View ArticleDid You Know that Houseplants Sweat?
Yes, you heard that right. They sweat. Of course, things are a little different when houseplants sweat. For one thing, their sweat doesn’t smell like human sweat can. They don’t sweat out last’s...
View ArticleCreate an Indoor Garden that Looks and Feels Like a Jungle
(FreeImages/Luca Zaninoni) In my late teens, I lived in the tropics—in Panama. There surrounded by lush greenery on a daily basis in a climate with perpetually warm weather, I came to love the...
View ArticleGrow Houseplants from Seed-You Can Grow That!
Want to grow unusual houseplant varieties that you can’t find in stores or even online? Try growing houseplants from seed. A surprising number of houseplants can be easily grown from seed....
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