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When grafting makes sense: key points and exceptions
Succulents and Cacti

When grafting makes sense: key points and exceptions

Anyone who has spent time on when grafting makes sense has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…

Roland PikeRoland Pike·September 13, 2026·4 min read
Watering frequency in heat: for a first attempt
Care Through the Year

Watering frequency in heat: for a first attempt

If you have already tried watering frequency in heat and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an environment…

Sonia MarchettiSonia Marchetti·September 13, 2026·4 min read
Physical pest control: why it keeps failing
Balcony Vegetables

Physical pest control: why it keeps failing

Most people do not fail at physical pest control from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the doing…

Sonia MarchettiSonia Marchetti·September 10, 2026·4 min read
Keeping a monstera happy: for a first attempt
Foliage Plants

Keeping a monstera happy: for a first attempt

Let us set the limits of keeping a monstera happy first: it reliably improves herbs within reach, and it does not deliver overnight. Anything…

Maeve DonnellyMaeve Donnelly·September 10, 2026·4 min read
Soil thermometer use: it isn't actually complicated
Tools and Kit

Soil thermometer use: it isn't actually complicated

Put soil thermometer use back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months will…

Harriet LowellHarriet Lowell·September 10, 2026·4 min read
Recognising dormancy: breaking the problem apart
Succulents and Cacti

Recognising dormancy: breaking the problem apart

Let us set the limits of recognising dormancy first: it reliably improves herbs within reach, and it does not deliver overnight. Anything promising…

Harriet LowellHarriet Lowell·September 7, 2026·4 min read

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SpringSeasons covers home gardening from the inside: four writers, one editorial rule — nothing is published until one of us has done it for at least a month, in a normal home, on a normal budget. The awkward parts stay in the text.