Kathryn M. Van Druff is a freelance writer and marketing specialist with her own business, Dances with Words. She has years of experience writing about gardening, landscaping and home design topics. Kate is also an avid home gardener, wife, and mother to two daughters and a border collie.
Articles by Kathryn Van Druff
Seed priming lets you get to the fun part of growing faster while increasing success rates and even yields.
Follow Kate Van Druff’s advice on growing conditions, nutrients, and fertilizer to get your seedlings to the next level.
Using bone meal for plants is not a new technique, but it can improve the outcome of your plantings when introduced properly.
Kate Van Druff identifies nine vegetable-eating insects and provides some ideas on how to eliminate them.
Many gardeners prefer to start seeds in an egg carton (or even in the eggshells themselves), in a seed cell pack, in peat pots, or in small...
Conserving water can be as effortless as turning off the faucet and re-purposing water that would otherwise wasted. Every little bit helps,...
There is a high reward factor when you pick your own berries just to snack on or for your favorite dessert recipe. It’s even better when...
Colloidal silver can provide preventative, therapeutic and restorative properties to our plants and our gardens.