Amber Noyes 
Growing tomatoes at home has its challenges, and one of the most common is noticing black spots appearing on tomato fruits. What are these black spots on my tomatoes? What causes them? And how can they be treated? Black spots on tomato fruits are usually caused by blossom end rot …
Rhubarb is an easy growing, cool-season vegetable that should have a spot in every home garden. Despite being used in countless desserts, rhubarb is actually a vegetable and this hardy perennial will give you several harvests each year. But, before you take your pickers and head to the garden, it’s …
Is frost approaching, but your tomatoes aren’t turning red on the vine? Never fear. You can pick your unripe tomatoes and ripen them them off the vine. While the most delicious tomato is home-grown and ripened on the vine, this is not always a reality, especially if you live in …
There are many beautiful flowers that have an amazing scent, but few can match the intoxicating fragrance of a rose. The fragrance of roses is the sweetest of all flowers, experts say. And when you grow them in your garden they add an “aroma-scented” atmosphere with their wonderfully scented blooms. …
Popular belief has it that roses only grow in full Sun, but some varieties actually tolerate and even thrive some shade. So if your garden does not have lots of sunlight, but you still want to grow these thorny flowers of love, you still can. Your best bet is to …
The Sun that shines in Southern states can brighten up the colors of flowers, and some annuals will bloom all through summer there. Tickseed, petunias and cosmos look great in the light, but not all short lived plants can stand such hot days as you get in California or Florida! …
If your your soil is naturally acidic, defined as soil with a pH around 5.5, you might wonder which plants you can grow. While most plants grow best in a neutral or near-neutral soil pH, but there are some acid-loving plants, such as azalea, camellia, rhododendron, hydrangeas many conifers and magnolia …
Kale was a long time ignored vegetable that is amid a resurgence in popularity. Nowadays, everyone is screaming for more kale, and if you’re a kale addict, you might want to try to grow different types of kale in your garden. Kale is a versatile vegetable that deserves a place …
Rose of Sharon or Hibiscus syriacus is a flowering deciduous shrub from Asia with showy, exotic flowers and you can train it to become a small tree. It has the “Hawaiian” look of other hibiscus species, but it is very adaptable, fairly hardy and low maintenance. For this reason, rose …
Read a plant description and you will find “annual”, “perennial” or “biennial” next to “flowering”, “evergreen” and other data about the variety. But things get a bit more complex when you read “hardy perennial” or “soft perennial” for example… And I understand your confusion when you read “perennial grown as …
