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Lucky Bamboo Stalk Meaning
Lucky Bamboo Stalk Meaning: What 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 Stalks Symbolize? Lucky Bamboo Stalk meaning has always been appealing to me. A room feels a little calmer when you see those beautiful towering green stalks sitting in a plain glass container. I learned that lucky bamboo was much more…
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Vegetables that Grow in Containers Even Without a Garden
Vegetables You Can Grow in Containers Even Without a Garden Vegetables that grow in containers are a great option if you don’t have a garden, backyard, or much outdoor space. I’ve discovered that growing some of your own food doesn’t actually require a large garden. To begin, a windowsill, patio, balcony, or simply a sunny…
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How to Propagate plants in water
How to Propagate Plants in Water: A Simple Beginner’s Guide One of the simplest methods for growing new plants from cuttings is to propagate plants in water. A container, some water, a clean pair of scissors, and a healthy plant are all you need. Better yet, it can be surprisingly fulfilling to watch roots grow…
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Fast Growing Vegetables: 9 Vegetables You Can Harvest Quickly
Fast Growing Vegetables: 9 Vegetables You Can Harvest Quickly In my initial days of gardening, I made the mistake of thinking that it required a lot of patience growing vegetables. I pictured sowing seeds and having to wait months for a harvest. The first vegetable that I successfully harvested were tomatoes, which are pretty easy…
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Best Plants for Kitchen: 11 Easy and beautiful plants to grow
Best Plants for Kitchen: 11 Easy and beautiful plants to grow The best plants for kitchen spaces are always the ones that are most useful while being decorative and easy to care for. I always though the kitchen was a place for cooking, organizing and keeping my counters from looking cluttered. It never occurred to…
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Plants That Are Hard to Kill: 6 Nearly Indestructible Houseplants
Plants That Are Hard to Kill: 6 Nearly Indestructible Houseplants Once upon a time, I genuinely thought gardening wasn’t my thing. Whenever I would pass by a plant store or a nursery, I would admire the beautiful green leaves and imagine how it would look in my living room. Then I would brush off the…
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Natural Fertilizers for Plants: Natural ways to feed your plants
Natural Fertilizers for Plants: A Simple Guide to Healthier Plants Naturally Natural fertilizers are one of the best and most economical ways to feed your plants. When I first started gardening from my balcony, I believed that all my plants needed to be healthy, were sunlight and water. I thought that as long as I…
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Outdoor Plants that are Low maintenance and need Minimal Care
Low-maintenance outdoor plants that need Minimal Care When I first started gardening, I thought all plants needed the same kind of care and attention which was daily watering, sunlight and regular feeding. Only after losing my fair share of plants, did I realize that some plants can practically take care of themselves. They don’t need…
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How to Style a money plant
How to style a money plant If there is only one plant I could recommend for a beginner, it is the money plant, also called as pothos. It was one of the first plants I ever owned and after years of gardening I can still say that this is the easiest plant to grow. Money…
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How long does it take for tomatoes to grow?
Timeline for growing tomatoes – How long does it take for tomatoes to grow? Growing tomatoes is extremely rewarding but I’ll be honest – I’m an impatient gardener. When I planted my first tomato plant, I expected to see instant results. This is probably the reason I failed at gardening for so many years. I…