Are Mushrooms in Your Garden Soil a Cause for Concern?
If mushrooms are growing in your raised bed, or popping up all over your garden, then you might be worrying something is wrong. But don’t…
Amber Noyes was born and raised in a suburban California town, San Mateo. She holds a master’s degree in horticulture from the University of California as well as a BS in Biology from the University of San Francisco. With experience working on an organic farm, water conservation research, farmers’ markets, and plant nursery, she understands what makes plants thrive and how we can better understand the connection between microclimate and plant health. When she’s not on the land, Amber loves informing people of new ideas/things related to gardening, especially organic gardening, houseplants, and growing plants in a small space.
If mushrooms are growing in your raised bed, or popping up all over your garden, then you might be worrying something is wrong. But don’t…
If you’re dreaming of keeping your garden, borders, and flower beds lively and vibrant all the way through the season, you’re in for a treat…
Watching your cat or kitten sneak through the lush tropical leaves of indoor trees may bring to mind images of a tiger crawling elegantly in…
Tomatillos were first cultivated over 1500 years before the more common tomatoes, yet these tart little fruits are a bit of an enigma when it…
In any grocery store I visit, I typically find three main types of potatoes: red, yellow, and russet. But if you’re a fan of red…
Aromatic silver leaves and vibrant blue blooms define lavender, immediately transporting you to the sunlit Mediterranean shores. This iconic perennial shrub thrives in dry gardens,…
Fall is the “season of mellow wistfulness”, but also the time when we gardeners most need to fill in empty gaps in beds and borders…
Your garden covers in a white (but cold) blanket of snow in winter? Temperatures drop below freezing, even a lot? …And you worry that your flowering…
Plants give us oxygen, they fill our gardens and prairies with seas of colorful flowers, they feed pollinators, they give us lush foliage under trees…
From sky blue to light pastel, from intense and dark to almost purple, blue hydrangeas are always highly sought after in our gardens. Their massive…