Tree Care Tips

Imagine this: You walk in the door after a dreamy 10-day vacation, suitcase still in hand… and your heart sinks. Your fiddle-leaf fig looks like a sad brown umbrella. Your calathea’s leaves are crispier than potato chips. Your once-thriving monstera is practically begging for mercy. 😭 Sound painfully familiar? You’re not a bad plant parent […]

Imagine harvesting fat, trichome-drenched colas that smell so loud your neighbours text you… then realizing you left 30–50% of that potential on the table — simply because you fed your girls the wrong fertilizer. I’ve watched million-dollar facilities throw away hundreds of thousands in yield because they stuck to outdated nutrient programs. I’ve also watched

You’ve just finished building (or filling) your gorgeous raised garden beds. The wood smells fresh, the soil looks perfect, and you’re bursting with excitement… until you realize you’re standing there with seed packets in hand asking yourself: “What to plant in a raised garden bed that will actually thrive, produce like crazy, and not leave

Imagine walking barefoot across your lawn next July and suddenly being surrounded by a 20-foot-tall waterfall of hot-pink, watermelon-red, or snow-white blossoms that keep coming for 120+ days. Butterflies everywhere. Neighbors stopping their cars to take photos. That dream is 100% possible — but only if you plant at the exact right moment. The #1

It’s a scorching 98°F July afternoon in Dallas, the cicadas are screaming, and you’re already picturing that perfect 800-pound orange monster sitting in your front yard on October 31st — the one that makes the neighbors slow their trucks and the kids lose their minds. But here’s the hard truth only Texas gardeners understand: plant

Imagine walking into your garden on a cool April morning and being completely surrounded by hundreds of rose-like blooms in sherbet colors — soft peach, raspberry, buttercream, and coral — each petal looking like delicate crepe paper. That’s the magic of ranunculus done right. The #1 question I’m asked every single fall (and the one

Imagine this: You open your garden gate in June, expecting bowls of fat, ruby-red strawberries… but instead you find a few measly berries the size of quarters, half-hidden under tired, crowded leaves. Sound familiar? I’ve been there — more than once — until I finally cracked the code that turned my patchy beds into a

Imagine this: You bring home a beautiful little fig tree, plant it with love… and three years later you’re staring at a 12-foot leafy monster that has never produced a single ripe fig. Sound familiar? I’ve been there — twice — and I’ve also helped thousands of gardeners avoid that heartbreak. The secret isn’t fertilizer,

Imagine stepping into your garden at dusk on a warm summer evening. The sun has dipped below the horizon, colors fade… and suddenly your entire border glows like moonlight on fresh snow. That, my friend, is the magic of a well-planned white flower perennial garden. If you’ve ever searched for “white flower perennial plant” because

You’re sipping your morning coffee, admiring your lush jade plant on the windowsill… when suddenly you spot them — mysterious white spots on jade plant leaves. 😱 Your stomach drops. Is it pests? Disease? Did you just murder your good-luck “money tree”? Take a deep breath. I’ve rescued literally hundreds of jade plants (Crassula ovata)