gardening
The Best Plants for People Who Always Complain About Their Plants Dying
These groovy plants are laid-back but will let you know what they need, for a friend with a black thumb or just for you.
Superfoods on the Sidewalk: A Guide to Foraging in Cities
There's tasty, healthy and eco-friendly food growing all around us, even in concrete jungles. All you need to do is pluck.
How to Easily Grow Your Own Pandemic Garden
Go beyond windowsill herbs. Here’s all the dirt on how much water, sunlight, and care your home garden needs.
The Pandemic Is Teaching People One Important Lesson: Grow Your Own Food
The fear of food shortages is driving many to follow what urban farmers have been doing for years: growing their own groceries.
We Asked Leaf Blower Guys if They Know How Annoying They Are
"Nah I don’t think I’m annoying at all."
‘Ping the Herb Guy’ Is London Chefs’ Go-To Dealer
From his tiny but tightly packed rooftop garden, amateur gardener Ping Ng has supplied restaurants including Black Axe Mangal, The Clove Club, and P Franco.
It’s Ridiculously Hard to Eat Local in the Yukon
Suzanne Crocker spent a year foraging, growing and hunting in Dawson City, where 97 percent of food is trucked in from warmer regions.
Growing Food Is Part of the Program at This Teen Mental Health Facility
Therapy at Newport Academy includes learning to think about the future in positive terms. Nurturing vegetables to maturity is one way.
This Inner-City Community Garden Uses Vegetables as Therapy
St. Mary’s Secret Garden in East London offers valuable horticultural therapy for those with mental health issues. But social services funding cuts mean that the community-run space may struggle to survive.
People Are Getting Ear Injuries From Yucca Plants
28 people have suffered “traumatic ear injuries,” with four ending up with ongoing hearing loss.
It’s a Good Year to Get Into Gardening Because of Weed
Gardening is good for your soul and also it’s good for getting plentiful and extremely cheap weed.
Is growing your own vegetables actually worth the effort
We found out whether relying on a green thumb will put you in the black