Garden

Seaweed Tons Of Free Fertilizer

Seaweed Fertilizer

Any gardener living near the seashore has a tremendous treasure chest of free fertilizer merely for the taking—seaweed. Not only does it contain the trace elements necessary for normal plant

Cinerarias

Growing Cinerarias

This month, a House and Greenhouse guest, Ruby Winston, tells her methods for growing cinerarias on a small scale—the way other home gardeners want to grow them. Ideal Temperature Requirements

Springs Earliest Performers

Spring Performers

Temperamental plants may challenge the gardener, but those that come up and flower every spring with cheerful determination assure even the amateur of the thrill of achievement.  Surely among the

Let’s Place The Emphasis

Placing Emphasis

Today, the art of flower arrangement takes in a lot of territory; sometimes, it seems to me it includes everything but flowers.  Compositions are built around figures or masks; each

Plan For Winter Now!

Plant for Winter

Planning ahead is important in any type of gardening. In greenhouse gardening, it is doubly so because the non-producing areas— scarcely noticed outdoors—are as conspicuous as sore thumbs in red

Ideas For Fall Planting

Planting Ideas

Sometimes, it is the material you combine with your plants that makes pleasing garden pictures. The professional touch at flower shows last spring was the result of a careful combination

What Is Ailing Your Tomatoes?

Ailing Tomatoes

Towards midsummer, it is common for tomatoes to fail to bloom or, if they do bloom, to drop their flowers.  Often the erring plants are very healthy and unusually large,

Agricultural Frit

Agricultural Frit

Plant nutrients do not have to be soluble in water in order to enter the roots of plants. This statement is contrary to the long-standing belief of plant scientists, but

Looking Ahead The Glory Of Spring

Spring Glory

It would be a strange situation if a gardener did not value most highly the first little spear of life that starts the spring show.  Yet I have so long