Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Chaos gardening took center stage on social media in 2023, and it appears to be here to stay. This free-spirited planting style invites gardeners to scatter a mix of seeds, often without a formal design, and let nature take the lead….
April’s Earth Month should have made us curious about what we can do to tread more lightly on the planet. We may think of reusing and recycling or driving less, but we’re less likely to focus on gardening to heal our beleaguered environment. But it turns out that changing our gardening practices may be one…
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This mangave in the center paired with angelonia — the white flowers — and an ornamental oregano are an example of a thriller, filler and spiller that can coexist in a pot together. Lettuce can be grown around this time of year for eager gardeners who have a case of spring fever. Pictured is lettuce…
A gardening fan has shown a simple way to buy one plant and turn it into four at home. Adam Kirtland shares garden tips, tricks and ideas online and has his own gardening podcast. His aim is to help people to “garden easier and smarter.” He recently shared a video on TikTok demonstrating how you…
Laura Murphy/Master Gardener | Special to The Times Grow this vegetable and get hooked on gardening Tyler Gough, director of Indy Urban Acres, says you’ll get hooked on gardening once you start growing your own tomatoes. Residents can receive help identifying plant diseases and insects, conducting soil tests, and more. The Master Gardener Hotline is…
SMOKETOWN, Pa. â Gardeners are excited to get back to the growing season. Now is the time for some good garden tips and tricks to kick off the season. Kathy Trout, manager at Kenâs Gardens, offers some hacks for gardeners on a budget. Tarp as a Gardening Tool Use a tarp as a multipurpose garden…
For most of the 20th century, hybridization was the main plant breeding method used by professionals. Additional steps were added to make sure that improved strains of plants could be reproduced consistently. First, plants were self-pollinated or inbred for multiple generations to develop uniformity in the particular characteristics desired. Then the uniform inbred plants were…
