John Fischer
Host of Good Gardening and Living Less UnsustainablyJohn Fischer is a Master Gardener and Master Recycler and the host of KLCC's Good Gardening and Living Less Sustainably.
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You may not know why moving unhappy plants work, but if the plant isn't happy, it's worth a try - but not now. -
Shortcuts that can help you lose a little time, and save a little planet. -
The bike path along I-5 near the Gateway overpass is both stunningly noisy, and stunningly beautiful, thanks to the roses planted along the path. -
Typically, April Showers bring May vegetables, but this year keeping recently planted beds damp has been difficult. The dry air evaporates any water you put on before the seeds have time to germinate. -
If you have the space to keep something that might be needed down the road, store it and pass it on. Your friends - and the Earth will thank you. -
The sounds of spring have changed, and not because they need to. The mechanization of landscaping has removed the rake, broom, and hand lawnmower from our vocabulary, and replaced them with blowers, power mowers, and string trimmers. -
Onions are a crop that give you a lot of options - in what you grow, and how you grow it. -
Trees provide benefits above and beyond the fruit and rope swing tying sites a tree can provide. -
Apparently, marketers think customers feel that drinking from a slender can will make them the same. -
When it comes to pruning your fruit and ornamental trees, whatever you like to do is fine - almost.
