You can also save money this way. As you investigate recipes for the perfect potting mix, consider the importance of leaving ...

One possible alternative to peat, shredded coconut fiber (coir), comes mostly from South Asia (far from the U.S.), and preparing it requires large quantities of fresh water. Other soilless mix ...

Remove the lower leaves and stick the stem in moist coarse sand or a perlite-peat (coir) mix. Water and keep it in a cool, bright location. When rooted, pot up the new plant in a soil mixture ...

"Take your fingers and go, boom boom boom boom," he says, demonstrating how to pack a mixture of peat moss, dirt, lime, perlite and other components into galvanized metal boxes equipped with a lever.

Bogs, muskegs, and fens are the "kidneys of the earth" - landscapes built up over millenia. Worth protecting, and finding ...