January 30, 2021 - Issue #498

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming. -Pablo Neruda

ARTICLES TO READ

Grow and Enjoy Air Plants

Tillandsias, and other members of the Air Plant Database, seem to live and grow in nothing but air.. As with most plants, imitating their natural environment is the best way to display tillandsias. Let us show you some tips and tricks to get yours thriving.

Gardening for Birds

Although attracting birds to feeders brings hours of birdwatching pleasure, a welcoming landscape is the single best way to encourage the widest variety of birds to visit and reside in your yard year-round.

Let Us Grow Lettuce

There are few things that taste better to a vegetable gardener than the tender lettuce and greens of the season's first homegrown salad. There is a wide variety of lettuces and greens that thrive in cool spring weather. Now is the time to sow some seeds so you can soon be enjoying that delicious first harvest.

Grow Your Own Jujube

If you live in the right climate- Jujube trees may be a great tree for you to grow. Minimal effort, minimal problems, plus healthy fruit to enjoy.

Broccoli Growing Basics

How to grow broccoli in every zone.

Establish Your Own Wildflower Meadow

Creating a wildflower meadow takes a little effort, but the results are stunning and beneficial to pollinators. A meadow of mixed flowers and native grasses can replace your lawn, cover a slope, or enhance a roadside.

Winter Heaths

Winter-blooming heaths add a splash of color to gardens throughout winter. These hardy, low-growing plants produce a wide variety of bell-shaped or tubular pale pink, reddish purple, and magenta flowers for what seems like an eternity -- October and November into April and May.