houseplants

  • How To Keep An Indoor Plant Alive

    Keeping an indoor plant alive means providing it with what it needs on a long-term basis. Keeping an indoor plant alive means no forgetting about its existence for months at a time. Keeping an indoor plant alive is a sign that you’ve managed to cross the threshold into competent adulthood.


  • Make Sure You’re Watering Your Christmas Tree Enough

    Make Sure You’re Watering Your Christmas Tree Enough

    If you’re committing to a live tree this holiday season, I hope you’re ready to do a lot of watering. That big boy’s going to need a gallon or more per day, and no additives or spray-on stuff can change that. Keep your tree watered. Otherwise, it becomes a huge fire hazard.


  • How Houseplants Can Make You More Tidy

    How Houseplants Can Make You More Tidy

    I am not always the most attentive person when it comes to matters of the home. “What do you mean you’re supposed to clean the ceiling fan and the light switches and the oven racks? Who does that?” So you would think having houseplants around would be a disastrous idea.


  • The Best Way To Help Potted Plants Grow Evenly

    The Best Way To Help Potted Plants Grow Evenly

    If you’ve ever had a potted plant that seemed to bend and reach towards a sunny window or light, you know you should probably move it a little closer. Getting the plant to grow evenly though, once it’s already started to bend, is trickier without hurting it. Here’s how.