The Right Pot for Your Plant

Our last couple posts were about houseplants and/or potted plants.  Let’s stay on that subject for now.  Let’s focus on one of the very first things that you will need when planting in pots, that is, the ‘Pot’ itself.  …

Winter and Your Houseplants

In the blog “Winter Seedling Starting”, I had mentioned a winter activity for your green thumbs of “paying attention to indoor potted plants”, but I didn’t speak of what that activity could be. So let’s carry on. As you spend…

Winter Seedling Starting

It’s cold outside! We all know that. What can we do to keep those green thumbs busy? We can work those thumbs on indoor activities, like paying attention to indoor potted plants, or get some seedlings going for a head…

Chlorine=Bad for Plants

Virtually every municipal water treatment plant in the United States (and most other countries) uses chlorine to sanitize water. This is a great thing for us human beings and our pets and livestock in general.  Chlorine kills bacteria and other…

Early Spring Weather

Spring may be called that because of the nature of ‘springs’.  Flexibility.  Cold, warm, rain, snow, sleet, or nothing at all. Quick changes to surprise and/or disappoint you. Or, maybe ‘springs’ are called that because they are similar to that…