Gardening 101

We build a lot of greenhouses. Every so often, though, we build one that isn't trying to be practical first and pretty second - it's both at once, in equal...

Some wood rots in five winters. Some wood shrugs off thirty. The difference usually isn't the tree - it's what happened to the timber before it reached your garden. And...

For the last few months, Gustav has been on the road across the US - in backyards nurseries, in garden centres - sitting with greenhouse owners and asking one question: what...

Bob lives in Arizona at 5,000 feet, on land that backs onto national forest. It is the kind of setting most people picture when they imagine leaving the city behind...

Every spring, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) publishes its Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, better known as the "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean Fifteen." It ranks the produce most and least...

Most people use their greenhouse for about half of what it can do. The usual thinking: the garden wakes up in spring, peaks in summer, winds down in fall, and...

Lavender belongs in a field. Open sky, full sun, fast-draining soil, dry Mediterranean air. It is not an obvious greenhouse plant. But a greenhouse solves three specific problems that outdoor...

Nate runs Norway Homestead - a property where he grows his own food and tries to rely less on grocery store prices. A greenhouse had been on the list for years. He...

Most growers focus on what to plant. The ones who get consistently better harvests think about what to plant together. Greenhouses concentrate everything - light, warmth, humidity, and pests. When aphids...

Twenty springs. Same arched polycarbonate greenhouse. Same patch of soil. New seedlings every year. This isn't a story about a product launch. It's about what happens when a greenhouse just...

Scott and his wife wanted a garden on their Venice Beach deck. The challenge was simple. Anything they built had to survive Pacific storms with 80 to 100 mph winds....

Polywood is everywhere now. It promises zero maintenance and a modern look. The marketing works. Authentic wood answers differently. It does not need to pretend. For craftsmanship, natural beauty, and environmental...