Virginia Home Grown

As the days get longer all plants begin to grow, including our indoor plants. All winter we have watered these plants with warm water and with spring in the air, it’s time to start pampering them.

Hobby gardening can be a fantastic way to spend your time. Serome shares one of his favorite hobbies: bonsai gardening.

Often in late winter, I envision a healthy, lush early spring garden full of fresh greens, carrots and other cold hardy vegetables. To achieve this, I have to start my seeds indoors, providing the appropriate amount of warmth, light, moisture and fertilizer to maximize their growth and prevent fungal diseases and leggy seedlings.

With windowsills and artificial growing systems full of seedling trays keeping my thoughts on the young plants growing inside, I remind myself to enjoy the landscape unfolding outside.

Robyn offers tips on how to create a garden that offers a safe place for the wild birds in your area.

The trick is not to introduce them.

Serome offers tips on how to create a thriving garden, even during the winter.

Peggy shares some advice on how to add color to your winter garden.

Tour an herb garden focused on tea plants and learn how to make a perfect cup of the world's second most popular drink after water. Discover how luffa plants are grown and processed into sponges.

Peggy discusses the importance of having trees in our environment for a healthy and happy ecosystem.