#gardening

#gardening

We're calling it: stained glass is making a comeback. For further evidence, see Pale Fire: The Renewed Appeal of Stained Glass. Photograph via Inigo.

The veg patch had a wanton disregard for my hopes during growing season, which taught me the importance of finding value and beauty in what was growing, instead of lamenting all that was not. This season, I've found myself approaching the veg patch with a more determined attitude. It's been six years since my partner and I cleared the couch grass and nettles from the parcel of earth at the bottom of our garden, moved a ton or so of compost on to it to create vegetable beds, and grew the first crops in our new home.

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, one of the UK's most prestigious horticultural events, is currently taking place in London. Held in the grounds of the Royal Horticultural Society since 1912, the Chelsea Flower Show has long been a barometer for the ideas shaping our gardens and green spaces. Each year, the event draws leading botanists, members of the royal family and celebrities in their thousands each year.

8.30pm, BBC One Happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough! A week of celebratory programming has led up to this special live extravaganza at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The BBC Concert Orchestra will accompany the 90-minute journey through the veteran broadcaster's most remarkable moments over the last century. Prepare to be left in awe and probably a wee bit emotional, too.

"There are mixed opinions about using crushed eggshells around the base of plants to deter slugs. While some say that the sharp edges create a barrier that the slugs are hesitant to cross, others say the slugs are undeterred."

Kokedama blends the nearai bonsai and kusamono planting styles, emphasizing the practice of artfully displaying natural materials instead of burying them into the earth.

Choosing the right tools can make the work easier and more efficient. Gardening is primarily a hobby, and it can be hard to justify spending hundreds of dollars on it.

The motto of This Is a Gardening Show is 'The future is agrarian,' a sentence Galifianakis repeats regularly with a kind of wistful yearning.

The perk of a lush garden? Hidden spots to tuck a table.

"Back then, we had no idea that it was in the realm of possibility that we would ever be able to get married or civil partnered. When both of us were growing up, homosexuality was illegal."

Peppers are one of the simplest summer veggies to grow at home. Since these warm-season vegetables are fast-growing, versatile, and come in many different varieties, you can add them to almost every summertime meal from salads and sandwiches and pizza.

Grafting is the method through which two different plants from the same species or genus are joined together to grow as one. The resulting plant benefits from the qualities of the two different original plants.

The industrious buzz of bees tackling the dregs of cherry blossom was lawnmower-loud, accompanied by back off peeps from blackbirds nesting in the ivy.

Pearl Fryar, who died April 4 at 86, was a Picasso of the garden, a self-taught artist who turned the soil into his canvas and wielded hedge trimmers in lieu of a brush.

Pulp egg cartons are made from paper pulp, water, and grass fiber, making them recyclable and biodegradable. They hold moisture while allowing drainage, breaking apart easily for planting.

Citrus fruits are delicious, fragrant, and packed with vitamins and nutrients, making them versatile for snacking, salads, juicing, cooking, baking, and seasoning.

This crafty upcycling project converts K-Cups into bubbling fountains that are magnetic to these charming creatures. You'll need a solar pump kit, a straw, a plastic shoebox, glue, scissors, skewers, and a soldering iron to put the project together.