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How To: Grow plants if you have bad luck with them
Have you had bad luck with houseplants? Dave introduces you to a houseplant you can keep happy with very little effort.
How To: Keep cut flowers longer
Dave visits with Susan Lane to find out how to care for cut flowers from a florist.
How To: Grow ferns indoors
Ferns make beautiful houseplants. Dave introduces you to some ferns and explains how to care for them.
How To: Protect houseplants from bugs when you're away
Planning to be out of the house for an extended period of time? Dave tells you how to ensure that your houseplants survive your absence.
How To: Identify and get rid of scale on houseplants
Dave shows you what scale (hard shelled insects) looks like and explains how to get rid of it.
How To: Spiff up your houseplants with containers
Dave shows you how to spiff up your houseplants using interesting containers and add some color to your home.
How To: Care for climbing roses
Patti, the Garden Girl, host of the national PBS show Farmers Almanac TV shows how to brighten up your home and keep it secure with climbing roses.
How To: Care for a Serissa Bonsai plant
The Serissa (Serissa foetida syn. Serissa japonica), is a great little plant for Bonsai. It flowers for most of the year with tiny white and sometimes pink flowers. It is extremely easy to propagate through cuttings. Just take a cleanly cut branch and stick it in sphagnum moss and it should grow easily. It takes very well to pruning and can fill out quite nicely when pruned frequently. This particular specimen had a wild and unkempt look to it. Making, raising, and caring for bonsai is easy i...
How To: Build a ridge support for runner beans
Perfect for long vegetable patches, a bamboo ridge support structure will help your runner bean crops to grow healthy and strong. Tom Cole shows us how to construct a sturdy A-Frame based structure. Build a ridge support for runner beans.
How To: Harvest spinach
To get the best out of your vegetable harvest, you must pick them at the right time and in the right way for a flavorsome and bountiful crop. Tom Cole shows us how to harvest spinach. Harvest spinach.
How To: Grow cool weather houseplants
Dave and Lee Thomas talk about three houseplants that do well indoors in the cooler weather: christmas cactus, amaryllis, and cyclamen, and how to care for them.
How To: Propagate house plants using leaf petiole cuttings
Propagation is a great way to get the most out of your house plants, by providing new plants for future use. Here we demonstrate leaf petiole cutting, for use on the likes of Pepperomia and African Violets. Propagate house plants using leaf petiole cuttings.
How To: Plant root vegetables in containers
If you love vegetables, but don't think you have the right soil to grow them in, Dave has some great advice for you on how to grow root vegetables in containers.
How To: Care for poinsettias
Dave and Lee Thomas explore the many varieties of poinsettia and explain how to care for them.
How To: Grow low-light plants indoors
Bring the outdoors in with houseplants that thrive in low-light conditions. See how to choose and care for them in this video.
How To: Plant tomatoes
Dave shows you how to plant tomatoes in your spring vegetable garden.
How To: Get rid of winter moths
Dave and Rolf Briggs talk about ways to handle the winter moth problem.
How To: Diagnose Rhododendron problems
Dave shows you how to diagnose common plant diseases, specifically the Rhododendron.
How To: Use ornamental rhubarb in your garden
Dave shows you the perfect big-leafed plant to fill that hole in your plant bed - ornamental rhubarb!
How To: Grow miniature plants in small spaces
Think you don't have enough room for a garden? Dave shows you how to create one in the smallest of spaces.
How To: Dig potatoes
It's one thing to grow potatoes, but do you know how to dig them up? This video has you covered.
How To: Feed tomato plants
You won't believe what's the best tomato plant food! Watch this video to find out.
How To: Get a second flush of roses
This video gives some tips on how to get a second flush out of your roses. Ways to properly dead head and mulch are covered.
How To: Build a terrarium
Learn how to build your own terrarium.
How To: Measure rainfall accurately
Dave shows you how to measure the amount of rain you're getting in your garden. This is a great way to help determine when to water your plants.
How To: Clean up your vegetable garden
Dave helps you prepare your vegetable garden for the winter and has some suggestions for rescuing those remaining green tomatoes.
How To: Plant bulbs
Dave shows you all the secrets to successful late-season bulb planting.
How To: Take care of a cold climate garden in the fall
This video helps those of you who live in colder climates take care of your garden during the fall, specifically October.
How To: Create humidity for houseplants
Humidity! Most of us do our best to avoid it, but your houseplant may actually need it. Gardener Allen Smith demonstrates various techniques to create humidity indoors for your houseplants.
How To: Grow paperwhite Narcisus indoors
Looking for something easy to grow indoors? Gardener Allen Smith shows us a fast growing plant that blooms and blooms. Paperwhite Narcisus grow easily and smell great.
How To: Plant Narcissuses, specifically paperwhites
Learn how to plant paperwhites. The fall is the time to fill our gardens with bulbs for spring bloom. If you like daffodils and Narcissuses, it's also a time to plant them indoors.
How To: Plant bulbs in containers
Even if you don't have a yard, you can enjoy a garden of tulips, daffodils and hyacinths this spring right in your home. Here is gardener Allen Smith to show you how to plant bulbs in containers.
How To: Grow amaryllis from bulbs
Learn how to grow amaryllis bulbs. Gardener Allen Smith gives tips on how to grow this easy plant, which will turn any brown thumb green.
How To: Build a greenhouse
Learn the basics of building a greenhouse to grow your plants, vegetables, and herbs.
How To: Build a basic aquaponic system
A Basic guide on how to build your own Aquaponic System. This system is based on the Barrel Ponics and the S&S setup and was built by me in the summer of 07'.
How To: Grow Amaryllis and Paperwhites
Dave shows you how to grow amaryllis and paperwhites indoors, so you can have beautiful gifts to bring with you to all your holiday gatherings. This is a great winter project to keep your gardening hands busy until spring.
How To: Care for house plants & keep them healthy
House plants deserve TLC just like your garden plants - so don't forget about them! This video gives some tips on keeping your indoor plants healthy.
How To: Stake single stemmed flowers
Staking keeps your garden beautiful by keeping mature flowers from flopping under their own weight. Garden designer and author Tracy DiSabato-Aust will show you how to stake tall, slender flowers. Stake single stemmed flowers.
How To: Grow clematis
Dave shows us some unusual types of clematis with striking flower colors and shapes and resistance to disease. Any plants that are resistance to disease are a good choice.
How To: Make an LED USB greenhouse
Why not add a little green to your workspace? A fun little project that looks nice. Build an LED USB powewed greenhouse for your desk! Make an LED USB greenhouse.