Harry Collins
With 15+ years of gardening experience, Harry worked with everything from city balconies to big, perennial beds. He uses basic plant science, but he explains it in plain language, with steps you can actually do. Harry keeps gardening simple, practical, and easy to follow. When he’s not testing heirloom seeds, he shares straight-to-the-point advice you can use right away.
Spider plant babies start growing roots while they are still attached to the mother plant. You just have to know where to look. Those small
My first peony sat in the ground for two years without a single bloom, and I nearly gave up on it. The seeds were buried
A dead basil plant typically results from a mismatch between its needs and environment, not bad luck. Fresh herbs year-round sound simple until the mint
Onion seeds are often dead within a year. Tomato seeds can still sprout after a decade in the same drawer. The date on the packet
That piece of ginger in your fridge’s crisper can actually sprout into a real plant. Learning how to plant ginger root starts with something you
Mullein is hard to miss once its tall stalk of yellow flowers rises above the surrounding plants. But knowing how to harvest mullein correctly is
My first sunflower patch grew from three leftover seed packets and zero expectations. I stuck them along a fence, walked away, and forgot about them
For years I tossed my avocado pits straight into the compost bin. I had no idea what I was throwing away. Turns out growing one
I pulled a weed one day and watched three more show up in its place the next. For a while I chalked it up to
Broccoli only handles cool weather for a few weeks. Push past that window and the plant bolts, sending up bitter flowering stalks that never turn
Growing a black mission fig tree looks simple until the questions start piling up: which tree to buy, how deep to water, when to prune,
Palm trees are easy to spot, but coconuts do not always come with them. This raises a simple question: do coconuts grow on palm trees?