An old shoe box can be used to store items, organize seed packets, or be planted directly as a makeshift seedling pot or ...

On a quiet Sunday afternoon in Delhi, Sangeeta Sharma and her husband sit across a table at a cafe, with phones tucked away ...

If you do a lot of laundry, you likely have a trash can full of dryer lint in your laundry room. Instead of tossing it, here ...

The secret to a better garden might already be sitting in your cupboards ...

Unlike sprouts, microgreens need sunlight to grow. When grown indoors, they should be located on a south-facing windowsill, under a grow light. Some seeds have hulls that will persist on the young ...

Celery is a good choice for this. Add water to a large water glass. Cut 2 inches off the base of a store-bought celery bunch. Stick toothpicks around the base and immerse the bottom of the bunch in ...

Seeds not germinating? Looking for a natural way to control weeds? Food Republic spoke to an expert on how to use cardboard in your garden soil.

Plants seldom thrive in pots filled with garden soil. Compost is, strictly speaking, composted materials from a compost bin ...

Sift the ashes through a compost sifter to remove pieces of burned wood and debris. If you don’t have a sifter, you can use an old window screen or make your own by affixing 1/2- or 1/4-inch hardware ...

Property developer Alex Fidoe has renovated many houses and knows better than most which tweaks truly add value ...

A gardening friend and I were chatting about February and agreed that, for gardeners, surely February is the longest month of ...

Many warned that plastic weed barriers can be ineffective and even harmful for gardens. Others suggested alternative ...