"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While collecting plants and flowers can be a gratifying hobby, keeping track of your plant’s watering ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Weslie Etienne Pierre, owner of Wesleaf, cautions against the "set it and forget it" mindset. "If you're ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Different plants have different watering needs, and keeping up with a varied schedule can be a lot to ...

If you don't like sticking shiny bits of glass and plastic in your potting soil, you can upgrade the pot itself to get some self-watering freedom. Just wrap a sponge in some wicking fabric (like a ...

Don’t quite have the green thumb you were hoping for? The Melphoe self-watering hanging planter will immediately improve the health of your hanging plants. Using a simple, nested design that is both ...

I’m not a big fan of container gardening because I work full time and most containers need daily, sometimes twice daily watering during the heat of summer. There are times, however, when container ...

Growing herbs at home to use in your kitchen is a simple and easy way to garden in a small space. But remembering to water your plants is another thing entirely, and if you travel a lot, it makes it ...

Watering is a necessary chore, yet it doesn't need to be a challenge. Whether you love it or loathe it, you need to do it to keep plants alive, but you can relieve some of the pressure with ...

Josh revisits his earliest gardening experiments with growing in containers. Containers have the advantage of being portable if you’re renting, but also allowing you to move plants in and out of ...

Self-watering planters are great for people who are always forgetting to water their plants, but you cannot forget to keep the reservoir from emptying because it will cause the wicking system to dry ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A planting project with roots in sustainability is blossoming at Western Michigan University. Crews from Landscape Services have potted and placed 66 self-watering planters across ...