Category Greenhouse Gardening

How do we make the food system more sustainable? The Stone Barns Center is paving the way.

Monday, October 14, 2019 Greenhouse Gardening, Green Thumb  No comments

The food we consume has a tremendous impact on our lives. But the way we produce and consume it most significantly impacts the world around us...

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Agave Bracteosa – [Squid Agave] – Care and Growing Tips

Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Greenhouse Gardening, Organic Gardening, Green Thumb, Related  No comments

Agave bracteosa [a-GAH-vee, brak-tee-OH-suh] is native to the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range in Mexico.  It’s found growing on rocky slopes and cliffs at high altitudes...

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Growing Peperomia Ginny Plants: Caring For Tricolor Peperomia

Monday, September 30, 2019 Greenhouse Gardening, Organic Gardening, Green Thumb, Related  No comments

The Peperomia plant has long been a popular house plant. Peperomia Ginny [Pep-er-ROH-mee-uh, Gin-EE] is one of the newer varieties on the market and easily adapts to life in the home...

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Ficus Audrey: How To Grow and Care For Ficus Benghalensis

Sunday, September 29, 2019 Greenhouse Gardening, Organic Gardening, Green Thumb, Related  No comments

Ficus Audrey is a selected variety of Ficus Benghalensis [FY-Kus, Ben-gal-EN-sis]. This evergreen tree is known as the strangling fig and belongs to the family Moraceae...

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Garden Anemia: Is Your Garden Anemic? How To Fix It!

Saturday, September 28, 2019 Greenhouse Gardening, Organic Gardening, Green Thumb, Related  No comments

Healthy, deep green leaves signify that chlorophyll is hard at work in a plant building food...

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Graptopetalum Amethystinum: Growing The Lavender Pebbles

Friday, September 27, 2019 Greenhouse Gardening, Organic Gardening, Green Thumb, Related  No comments

Graptopetalum Amethystinum [Grap-toh-PET-al-um, Am-eth-ee-STEE-num] is an unusual succulent plant species which look like moon rocks with a powdery coating...

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Snake Plant Poisonous – Mother In Laws Tongue Toxic?

Thursday, September 26, 2019 Greenhouse Gardening, Organic Gardening, Green Thumb, Related  No comments

The Snake Plant is an evergreen perennial belonging to genus Sansevieria and family Asparagaceae...

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Hibiscus Moscheutos Care: All About Growing Swamp Mallow

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Greenhouse Gardening, Organic Gardening, Green Thumb, Related  No comments

Hibiscus Moscheutos [Hi-BIS-kus Mos-KEW-tos] is a flowering plant species from the family Malvaceae...

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Aeonium Kiwi [Succulent Plant] Growing And Care

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Greenhouse Gardening, Organic Gardening, Green Thumb, Related  No comments

Kiwi Aeonium haworthii [ee-OH-nee-um, hay-WOR-thee-eye] is native to the Canary Islands and Morocco but now grows in areas with similar climates, such as Southern California...

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Silver Squill Care: All About Growing Ledebouria Socialis

Monday, September 23, 2019 Greenhouse Gardening, Organic Gardening, Green Thumb, Related  No comments

Ledebouria Socialis [Le-de-BOR-ree-a So-KEE-ah-liss] plants are geophytic succulents from the subfamily of Hyacinthaceae...

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