If you want to do your own composting, it’s not that difficult, and you’ll be giving a lot of much-needed nutrients back to the soil to help the planet maintain itself. One way you can compost is with red wriggler worms. It can be done indoors as well as outdoors, so you can do it [...]

If you want a plant that blooms all summer long, a daylily can be a good choice. They come in varieties of orange, yellow, and red, and are a popular addition to a lot of gardens. In spring through fall you can buy daylilies in six-inch to one-gallon containers at nurseries and home improvement stores.

African daisies are popular and simple plants that are easy to grow. They bloom in summer and come in white, different shades of pink, and blue. They all have a yellow center and some kinds have a ring of contrasting color right around it.

Snapdragons are an annual that is native to the Mediterranean, but they grow well in warmer parts of the United States as well. They come in many different colors from white to bronze to purple and more.

Sunflowers: vegetables or flowers? Both! They make beautiful flowering plants, and sunflowers are also good for you, and tasty, too. They are used in cooking oil, and kids love to eat the seeds making them popular with people of all ages. Kids also like to grow big plants that are easy to handle, and sunflowers [...]

Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers! In France, hydrangeas are all over the place. The French love them and encourage them to grow – and many gardeners and nature lovers in the United States, are finding that they want them in their gardens and landscaping as well.

The easiest and best way to grow oranges is to make sure that you get an orange tree that’s adapted to your area of the country. Only certain types of oranges grow well in certain places, for example Florida oranges might not grow in California.