Terracotta pots are a welcome addition to most gardens, but notoriously become covered in a white residue over time. The porosity of these clay containers offers many advantages for growing strong and ...

Spring means it's time for butterflies, planting vegetables — and warmer weather. Here are a few tips for the your gardening week. LURING BUTTERFLIES: Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias (many ...

Eggplant casserole from A&G Cafeteria and Mario Batali's Eggplant Parmesan are on today's Alley. (The NOLA.com/Times-Picayune archive) Vegetables planted in May must ...

Your summer patio or lanai must be beautiful by now! It’s teeming with beautiful plants and flowers, but what if you have terra-cotta pots with that awful white film? Hard water is the culprit, but I ...

Whether intentionally or not, most gardeners tend to accumulate a stockpile of garden pots. From plastic pots we've brought home from a plant nursery and have since re-used for seedlings to trays for ...

Question: My large clay pots have plants in them. The only problem is that these pots have accumulated a white, crusty surface. How can I remove it? J.P. McRae, Scott, Ark. Answer: The white, crusty ...

In Uganda, preventable water-borne diseases like diarrhea are the leading cause of death for children under the age of five. Ten million Ugandans—nearly a third of the entire population—lack access to ...

OK, if you are like me, you have a pile of unsightly clay pots sitting inside of each other gathering spider webs and even more crusted dirt, right? That dirt and grime left in the pots harbors pests ...