The Right Start With Strawberries

Starting Strawberries

Strawberries are an integral part of the home vegetable garden, and they can be expected to produce satisfactorily in well-drained soil that yields good vegetables.  Twenty-five plants will supply more

Dwarf Rosemary Versatile Herb

Versatile Rosemary

While the beauty and praises of common, tall rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis) are often sung, so far, little light has been shed on the rare dwarf rosemary (R. prostratus).  With miniature

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,