Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. In ...

5 things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. The topical guava (Psidium guajava) is an evergreen plant with dark, glossy leaves that can be grown easily enough from fermented seeds. Scoop guava ...

In an earlier post I wrote general themes for starting seeds in hot weather. Here are some specific tricks. Viability and vigor of seeds deteriorates when they are stored in warm places, especially if ...

Nothing tests a gardener’s patience quite like staring at a patch of dirt that refuses to do anything exciting. Some seeds crawl out of the ground at a snail’s pace, while others burst into action so ...