-Ginny Shafer- You’ve found your perfect houseplant, a high-quality potting mix, and a pretty pot that meets your plant’s needs; now the last step is to repot it! Before getting started, make sure to water your plant a few days before you repot it to help prevent it from going into transplant shock. In my last repotting guide I talked about my preference for pots with drainage holes. While I still strongly recommend that any pot you get have at least one drainage hole, I understand … [Read more...] about Repotting Guide: How to Repot Your Houseplant
‘Tis the Saison
- Dan Toot - Let’s talk variety in our homebrew. Like many homebrewers, I have my go-to’s. The recipes that have been proven to work, are loved by friends and family, and the routine is so familiar, it’s a low-fuss way to get a good drink in your hand in relatively little time. Every once in a while, however, we want to branch out. Brewing being the ancient art that it is, there are virtually limitless possibilities (any poor fellow-traveler who has spent any time on a brewing forum online … [Read more...] about ‘Tis the Saison
Growing Herbs as Houseplants
-Pam Scott- If you are short on outdoor garden space, love the smell of fragrant plants, or want the ease of having cooking herbs at your fingertips, you may want to consider growing herbs indoors as houseplants year-round. There are lots of good reasons to grow culinary herbs as indoor plants: they smell good, taste great and can be a beautiful addition to your houseplant collection. There are few things more delightful than brushing past fragrant basil or scented geraniums growing on your … [Read more...] about Growing Herbs as Houseplants
Make Your Own Blooming Container Gardens
-Pam Scott- There is no better way to bring continuous color into your garden throughout the spring, summer and fall than to plant blooming annuals. Annual flowers will usually bloom profusely for one entire growing season and then die off in the cold months, whereas perennial flowering plants will most often bloom for a short time, become dormant and then reappear the following year. Annual flowers add color to the garden when perennial plants stop blooming or become dormant. By planting … [Read more...] about Make Your Own Blooming Container Gardens
Lighting for Hydroponics
-James Gordon- Welcome back to another Introduction to Hydroponics blog! Today we are going to look at the different types of lighting best suited for indoor cultivation. With lights in the past there have not been as many options as there are today, and picking a light can be a little tricky now. Let's look at all the different types, what they are best suited for, and when to use them. So let's keep an open mind, maybe take some notes, and hopefully this will be a good tool to … [Read more...] about Lighting for Hydroponics
Getting Started Seed Starting
-Dan Toot- It can’t be April again! It’s STILL April! (March 413th as of the time of this writing.) Still, the wonderful deja vu of this time of year is seeing the rush to the seed rack and our soil amendments as gardeners prepare for a great year of growing. Seeing this, I decided it was time to join the fun and start plants from seed myself! If you dig back, you’ll see I first dipped my toe into organic gardening with some Golden Ghost Pepper seedlings -- which I cloned and am … [Read more...] about Getting Started Seed Starting
Bringing Houseplants Outside for the Summer
-Pam Scott- Chances are that most of the plants you keep indoors during the winter are tropical or semi tropical plants. As temperatures warm up and the days get longer, it makes sense to want to bring your beloved plant friends outdoors to enjoy the extra light and humidity that spring and summer have to offer. Many tropical plants will suffer as indoor air conditioning draws all of the humidity from the house, drying out leaves and soil. As the sun goes higher in the sky, many house plants … [Read more...] about Bringing Houseplants Outside for the Summer
Drain To Waste Hydroponics
-Ryan Blankenship- With all of the different types of hydroponics systems out there, drain to waste has to be my favorite. The main reason I like this one so much is the delivery method of the plants’ nutrients. In the other hydro systems (Deep Water Culture, Ebb and Flow, Nutrient Film Technique, and Aeroponics) the nutrients are in a reservoir and are cycled through the system. Deep water culture or DWC uses a bucket, water, air stone and nutrients, and the plants’ roots grow into the … [Read more...] about Drain To Waste Hydroponics
Focus on Ficus
-Pam Scott- Large tropical trees growing indoors can add a dramatic element to a room like nothing else. A tall green plant can soften the edges of a large space, as it tends to bring together all the different elements of a room's decor. There are no better plants to do this than plants in the ficus family. There are about 900 species in this family, mulberry (Moraceae), some are deciduous, some evergreen, some tree-like, some vining, most are tropical. The popular indoor tropical figs … [Read more...] about Focus on Ficus
Bee House OR Vertical Planter DIY Project
-James Gordon- Hello all! Welcome to my first ever “Do It Yourself” blog for Fifth Season Gardening Co. So I really wanted to do something very simple, this being my first blog. Thing is, I came up with a fairly simple project with a result that can be used in multiple ways – so, simple with a twist. I’ll be walking you through how you can use the same basic materials to make a bee house or a vertical wall planter. First things first: we need our hardware: 10x20 Quad Tray Winstrip … [Read more...] about Bee House OR Vertical Planter DIY Project
