How to Grow and Plant Garlic From a Clove You Already Have in the Kitchen
There's a bulb of garlic somewhere in your kitchen right now that's starting to look a bit sorry for itself. You know the one, the…
Category: Gardening & DIY
The Lazy Gardener’s Dream: Perennials That Thrive on Neglect  (Impossible to Kill Even For Newbie Gardeners)
My garden here in France is quite large, and the soil isn’t great because it’s clay-based. I’ve had a hell of a job trying to…
The Rhubarb Method: How to Force Early Growth on the Easiest Plant in the Kitchen Garden
I hated rhubarb when I was a kid. It had that weird bitter taste that made your teeth feel funny. But my mom loved it.…
Gardening For Lazy Gardeners: 7 Self-Seeding Flowers That Come Back Year After Year and Need Very Little Care
Gardening is one of those hobbies where you start with bags of enthusiasm and then life has a habit of getting in the way. You…
After Six Intense Heatwaves, My Plants Are Wilting. Here’s What You Need To Do To Bring Them Back To Life
We’ve had the most intense and longest heatwave in France since moving here. Even my neighbor, Claude, who is 86 and has lived here all…
How to Attract Birds Into Your Garden All Year and Keep Them Coming Back
I love seeing birds in the garden, especially the pretty ones like robins. There’s something quite soporific about watching them hop around doing their little…
The Great Salt and Slug Debate: What Actually Works in Your Garden and Should You Use Salt?
If you’ve ever lost an entire row of lettuces to slugs, you’ll know my pain when this happened to me a few weeks ago. I…
How to Create a Lilac Garden That Smells as Good as It Looks (Even in a Small Space)
There's a lilac bush in my neighbor's front garden that I can smell from halfway down the street. Every May, it just stops you in…
The Vine Weevil Problem That Sneaks Up on Container Gardeners Every August (And the Easy Fix That Actually Works)
You water the pot on the patio like you have all summer, and the heuchera that looked fine on Tuesday is flopped sideways by Friday.…
How to Collect and Store Enough Rainwater to Actually Make a Difference (Even If You Only Have 1 Small Barrel)
I know none of my plants love water from the faucet. I mean, they’ll take it, of course they will, but they definitely prefer rainwater…