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How to
Plant Date Seeds
If you live in a sunny climate, sprouting and planting a date seed can be a fun project. The seeds from dates can grow into date palm trees that you’ll be able to enjoy in your home, porch, or garden. Simply collect an...
How to
Prune a Pear Tree
Pruning your pear tree every year helps to promote its growth and ability to bear fruit in addition to protecting it from infections. You will want to prune in the winter and get rid of your tree’s oldest branches. Thi...
How to
Chit Potatoes
If you're new to growing potatoes or just want a larger crop, you should chit your potatoes before planting them. Chitting potatoes forces them to sprout a few weeks before you plant them. This speeds up the growing proc...
How to
Grow Potatoes
Potatoes are a nutritious and delicious starchy tuber, and they're a source of potassium, fiber, protein, vitamins C and B6, and iron. There are lots of ways you can eat potatoes, but they always taste best when they're ...
How to
Grow Saffron
Saffron is a unique and delicious spice that creates the signature flavor in many dishes, like Spanish paella and bouillabaisse. Saffron is produced by the crocus flower, which is easy to cultivate in hardiness zones 6-9...
How to
Harvest Cashews
Cashews are a healthy and delicious snack which are enjoyed around the world. When your cashew tree begins producing cashew apples, this means that cashew nuts are well on their way! Learn how to pick the cashew apples, ...
How to Easily Grow Chillies at Home from Seeds
Your guide to sprouting and planting chilli seeds in a pot or garden Whether they’re sweet, spicy, or scorching hot, chillies add a flavorful addition to all kinds of dishes. If you want your own supply of chillies rig...
How to
Plant the Three Sisters
The three sisters is a traditional form of companion gardening first developed by Native Americans. By planting corn, beans, and squash together, you can reduce pests and disease while increasing the bounty of your crop....
How to Use Your iPhone Camera to Identify Plants & Flowers
Look up the name of plants with just a photo Have you ever encountered a cool or interesting plant and weren't sure how to figure out what it is? If you have an iPhone, you're in luck—you can easily identify plants fro...
How to
Prune a Lime Tree
Pruning a lime tree has many benefits, such as improving air flow, strengthening limbs, and reducing risk of disease. It's also a simple and straightforward task that you can do yourself. The right time to prune a lime t...
How to
Prune Thyme
When growing thyme, you need to regularly prune it throughout the years in order to promote a good shape of the herb and encourage continual growth. Thyme that has become overgrown due to a lack of pruning will be very w...
How to
Sprout Mung Beans
Mung bean sprouts are a common ingredient in Asian stir frys and provide a crisp, healthy addition to any meal. In the supermarket, you'll often find them labeled more generally as “bean sprouts.” There’s no need t...
How to Get Strawberry Seeds & Grow a Strawberry Plant
A guide to sprouting seeds from fresh berries Strawberries are perennial plants that grow sweet, delicious fruits year after year. These plants are low maintenance and super easy to grow from seeds—all you need is a fr...
How to
Grow Cucumbers in Pots
Cucumbers can be tricky to grow in pots since they require a lot of vertical space. It can be done, however, if you select a bush variety instead of a climbing variety or you provide room for the cucumber to spread out b...
How to
Prune Strawberries
Pruning your strawberry plants regularly is important to create conditions that encourage sunlight absorption and minimize wasted energy. By following basic pruning practices and learning how to trim your plants, they wi...
How to
Care for Indoor Plants
If you’ve ever had an indoor plant that’s quickly withered and wilted, you might believe that you don’t have a green thumb or you’re not cut out for growing plants. Well, we’re here to tell you that’s not the...
How to
Grow Cardamom
Cardamom is one of the most expensive and unique spices in the world. If you live in a very warm, humid climate (or in US Department of Agriculture zones 10 to 12), you can grow your own cardamom plant. Plant a few carda...
How to Plant, Grow & Care for Banana Trees in Pots
Grow a banana tree in a container from a sapling, corm, or seedWhether you love the look of banana trees or want your own harvest of bananas, you'll be happy to learn that you can easily grow banana trees in pots. While ...
When and How to Harvest Olives
A guide to picking olives when they’re ripe, ready, and delicious If you have an olive tree, you’re probably dreaming of the day your olives are ripe and ready to harvest. But if you’re not sure when that is, or h...
How to
Build a Mason Jar Herb Garden
If you’re tired of digging in your refrigerator or braving the elements every time you want to enjoy fresh herbs, it might be time to come up with a craftier solution. Planting your herbs in mason jars of various sizes...
