The people behind FernSeasons
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Gideon Stark Lead writer
Former nursery and flower-shop work, familiar with how varieties behave. he focuses on choosing and timing.
- Supplementary winter light: breaking the problem apart
- Refreshing soil annually: the few lines you need
- Securing plants before a storm: out of the misconceptions
- When to repot in spring: key points and exceptions
- Ventilation in the rainy season: what you only learn by doing
- Fixing fertiliser burn: for a first attempt
- Using pine needle compost: why it keeps failing
- Preparing for a week away: what you only learn by doing
Emory Blake Contributing editor
Landscape design background in small spaces. he flags light and weight limits inside what a proper soak means.
- What to sow in autumn: standard, rhythm, floor
- Protecting against late frost: an honest three-month record
- Helping plants recover after flowering: what you only learn by doing
- Pests at the change of season: standard, rhythm, floor
- The order of spring pruning: key points and exceptions
- Timing foliar feed: key points and exceptions
- Worm castings: it isn't actually complicated
- A yearly feeding calendar: for a first attempt
Thea Bergstrom Staff writer
Twelve years growing on balconies, with more failures than successes. she writes only what has been tested at home.
- When to bring plants in: key points and exceptions
- Flowering seasons by species: out of the misconceptions
- Disease in wet weeks: out of the misconceptions
- A seasonal record sheet: for a first attempt
- Shade levels for summer: the few lines you need
- Adjusting pH: what you only learn by doing
- What wood ash does: an honest three-month record
- Judging dry versus wet: breaking the problem apart
Roland Pike Regular contributor
Eight years writing gardening features, against treating plants as decor. he keeps them alive first, then beautiful.
- The winter temperature line: an honest three-month record
- Handling leaf drop: why it keeps failing
- Moisture in dry spells: it isn't actually complicated
- The year at a glance: an honest three-month record
- Watering frequency in heat: a cheaper route
- Treating compacted soil: standard, rhythm, floor
- Choosing watering tools: why it keeps failing
- The finger test in practice: out of the misconceptions