Christmas Gifts for Gardeners (From Two People Who Ship Them All December)
Gardeners already own a better trowel than the one you were going to buy. The move in December is to give them something to grow indoors, and here’s what actually lands.
Caryn
Gag Gifts for Christmas That People Actually Keep
Whatever is still sitting on the office gift-exchange table at 4:30 was a gag gift with only one move. The ones that survive January all do a job.
Housewarming Gifts: Why a Plant in the Right Pot Beats a Candle
By day four in a new house, a person already has four candles. Here is what to bring instead, matched to the human rather than to the house.
Gifts for Plant Lovers Under $20 That Aren’t Another Candle
Seven planters under $20, each picked for a specific person rather than an occasion, plus the two things we’d leave on the shelf.
Why Your Air Plant Is Turning Brown (and How to Save It)
Brown is not one diagnosis. Where the brown sits tells you whether you have rot, thirst, mineral burn or sunburn, and three of those are fixable tonight.
Animal Planters: A Field Guide
Eight arms, an owl, and a sloth that has to come down to be watered. What each animal planter actually holds, who it suits, and where people go wrong with them.
Funny Plant Pots: 15 That Are Actually Funny
Most funny plant pots are a pun in a 2016 font that stops working the second you’ve read it. Fifteen that hold up, including one I wouldn’t put on my own desk.
Ghost Planters Are Having a Moment
Three years ago nobody asked us for a ghost. This September it’s the most requested shape we don’t make yet, and we think we know why.
Skull Planters: How to Style One Without It Looking Like a Prop
The difference between a skull planter that looks deliberate and one that looks like Halloween clearance is about four decisions, and none of them are the skull.
Inside a 30-Printer Plant Pot Farm
Thirty-odd printers in a Pennsylvania garage, four hours a pot, spool changes at 11pm. What running a 3D print farm actually involves, failures included.