Cynthia, Author at Digging In The Garden

Overwintering Peppers: Save Your Plants for a Bigger Harvest Next Year

If you’ve ever watched your pepper plants turn sad and floppy the second cold air hits, you’re not alone. Peppers

Winter shows up with cold wind, dry air, and those weird days where the sun is out for five minutes

15 Sneaky Reasons Your Lavender Starts Dying (And What to Do Instead) Lavender should be one of the easiest plants

Some garden problems come quietly — and aphids are one of them. Tiny, soft-bodied insects that hide under leaves, they

Some plants bring quiet magic to a garden. Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) is one of them. With its misty lavender-blue

Every fall, I used to grab my pruning shears and go on a cutting spree—anything brown or scraggly had to

Fall gardening doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye to fresh food. In fact, I kinda love container gardening in

Is Avocado a Fruit or Vegetable? Okay, so here’s the big question: is avocado a fruit or a vegetable? I

Plants can be beautiful, but not all of them play nice. Some can heal, some can feed you, and a

Your pepper plants have already done the heavy lifting—flowers have set, fruits are hanging, and you’re just a few weeks