Buying and mixing your own potting soil ingredients saves money and empowers you to choose a mix that aligns with your ethical shopping priorities. Different plants, and different gardening situations ...

You can make your own potting mix at home using simple ingredients like compost, sand, and shredded leaves. Compost adds nutrients while wood chips and rocks help your mix drain well and keep plant ...

This recipe is easy to follow to make your own Christmas cactus potting mix. These succulents need a well-draining, nutrient-rich potting mix to thrive.

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. In ...

If you're new to growing houseplants, you may have already realized that having the proper potting soil is important. And if you're already a houseplant aficionado, you know there are ready-made soil ...

Q.: I've misplaced your recipe for potting soil. I recall it had sphagnum peat moss and other materials. Shirley Redick, Ann Arbor area A.: Like meatloaf, there are a lot of recipes for potting soil.

Good Friday is traditionally the time for those who plant "by the signs" in central Mississippi to put seeds in the ground, but for most home gardeners, now is a good time to prepare seedlings (or ...

Our in-house master gardener shares her DIY soil mix recipe for a thriving Christmas cactus. Hint: It needs more moisture ...

Peace lilies, also known as spathe flowers (Spathiphyllum), are low-maintenance plants with glossy, deep-green foliage and showy white blooms. The plants work beautifully in containers indoors and ...

Commercial potting soil mixes are widely available, but it is often difficult to identify what products they contain, including fertilizers. You can easily make your own potting soil, containing known ...