Tag Archive: potting soil

Indoor Gardening and Repotting Houseplants

Catherine Sherriffs

The colder months can be anxious ones for keen gardeners who want to get their hands dirty again. If you’re one of them, don’t let the snow and cold get you down. It is the perfect time to consider repotting your houseplants! Wintertime is ideal for moving indoor plants into bigger or better homes. When…

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Should You Sterilize Potting Soil?

Recently, I’ve come across several discussions and articles on the need to sterilize potting soil or garden soil. One person went so far as to say that your plants will grow better in sterile soil. Interesting, given the fact that truly fertile soil is anything but sterile – its teeming with all manner of good bacteria…
December 11, 2015
Callie

Butts & Pots Don’t Mix

Maybe a more appropriate title would be No Butts On The Balcony, but it’s not contained to apartment gardeners. House fires, including those at multiple unit buildings, caused by cigarette butts discarded in planters and flower pots is on the rise. This isn’t surprising given the sheer volume of people growing plants for vegetables, herbs,…
July 17, 2015
Amber