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Winter protection: it isn't actually complicated
Roses and Hydrangeas

Winter protection: it isn't actually complicated

Anyone who has spent time on winter protection has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not another…

Delphine RouxDelphine Roux·September 13, 2026·4 min read
Logging a sowing schedule: key points and exceptions
Seeds and Cuttings

Logging a sowing schedule: key points and exceptions

Advice on logging a sowing schedule tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·September 13, 2026·4 min read
Recognising heat dormancy: key points and exceptions
Care Through the Year

Recognising heat dormancy: key points and exceptions

Anyone who has spent time on recognising heat dormancy has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·September 10, 2026·4 min read
Soil for repotting: out of the misconceptions
Foliage Plants

Soil for repotting: out of the misconceptions

Let us set the limits of soil for repotting first: it reliably improves plants that stop dying on you, and it does not deliver overnight. Anything…

Malcolm ReidMalcolm Reid·September 10, 2026·4 min read
Judging when to harvest: breaking the problem apart
Balcony Vegetables

Judging when to harvest: breaking the problem apart

If you have already tried judging when to harvest and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an environment…

Emory BlakeEmory Blake·September 10, 2026·4 min read
Replacing potted soil: what you only learn by doing
Roses and Hydrangeas

Replacing potted soil: what you only learn by doing

Most people do not fail at replacing potted soil from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the doing…

Emory BlakeEmory Blake·September 7, 2026·4 min read

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MossGreenhouse 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.