The Dirt
Bring the Outdoors In
Learn How to Make Plants Thrive Indoors by Sandy Swegel If early freezes haven’t killed all your plants, there’s still time to think about how to bring the outdoors in by bringing some of your favorite plants indoors. You can bring in plants that thrive indoors to live on a sunny windowsill or you can […]
How to Become a Plant Nerd
How to Become a Plant Nerd by Sandy Swegel You know you are a Plant Nerd When… (Or How to Become a Plant Nerd) You know every garden starts with graph paper. You draw a scale drawing with trees and fences. You create an Excel file listing the times to seed and days to harvest. […]
1000 bags of leaves and what to do with them
How to Repurpose Fall Leaves by Sandy Swegel Fall leaves are Nature’s parting gift from the growing season to the gardener. Tree roots run deep and wide and have collected minerals and nutrients from deep in the soil. These are nutrients that then spent the summer high in the sky at treetop collecting sun rays […]