GUIDES · EDIBLE + LEAFY
Gardening Guides
Tested, plant-by-plant guides for keeping things alive and growing food in small spaces.
- Getting Started
How to Propagate Plants
Stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, division and layering explained: which method suits which plant, when to do it, and how to turn one plant into several.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE Windowsills, balconies and small patiosDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Getting Started
The Complete Guide to Repotting
When a plant actually needs repotting versus when it just needs feeding, how to handle different root types without causing transplant shock, which plants hate being disturbed, and which ones want repotting every year.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE All growing spacesDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Getting Started
Feeding Plants: What They Actually Need
What NPK actually means, which feed to use and when, why containers need feeding and open ground mostly doesn't, and the honest signs of both underfeeding and overfeeding, including the Mediterranean plants that want far less than you'd think.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE All growing spacesDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Getting Started
Container Growing Fundamentals
Everything worth knowing about growing plants in pots, indoors and out: choosing the right container, drainage that actually works, which compost matters and which doesn't, feeding, repotting, and why containers behave differently to open ground.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE Any potDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Getting Started
How to Water Plants Properly
A complete guide to watering plants properly, indoors and out, through every season: how to tell when a plant needs water, how much to give it, why overwatering kills more plants than drought, tools that help, and how watering needs change from spring through winter.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE Any pot, any bedDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED
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