Caring for Fuchsias – mygardenchannel

Caring for Fuchsias – mygardenchannel

Fuchsia plants are popular for their vibrant, pendulous flowers and are a favorite for hanging baskets and containers. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to care for and plant fuchsias: Planting Instructions Choosing the Right Location: Light: Fuchsias prefer partial shade to full shade. They need some … Read more

Shop small and skip the big box “deals”

Shop small and skip the big box “deals”

Log into any houseplant group these days and you’ll find brag after brag about how someone scored a rare specimen at Home Depot or Lowe’s. These groups are also flooded with photos of poor, dying plants found languishing in big box greenhouses, accompanied by pleas for group members to come rescue them. Do these people … Read more

Could powerful lasers power a working reactor?

Could powerful lasers power a working reactor?

Damien Jemison The National Ignition Facility in California uses powerful lasers to spark fusion reactions Deep under the Nevada desert in the 1980s the US conducted secret nuclear weapons research. Among the experiments was an effort to see if nuclear fusion, the reaction which powers the sun, could be sparked on earth in a controlled … Read more

What is polio and how will children be immunised?

What is polio and how will children be immunised?

Getty Images A series of “humanitarian pauses” to fighting in Gaza are due to begin on Sunday, to allow hundreds of thousands of children to be vaccinated against polio. The agreement comes after UN officials said a 10-month-old has been partially paralysed after contracting Gaza’s first recorded case of polio in 25 years. What is … Read more

The best holiday escape is still garden-related

The best holiday escape is still garden-related

This may sound more like a promotion than a rant, but that’s too bad. I must express how much I appreciate good garden centers at this time of the year. There really isn’t too much to occupy me  outdoors, which has taken on its usually dreary waiting-for-snow look. (Snow-covered landscapes are our “winter interest” here.)  … Read more