Sofia Moretti
About the Author
Sofia has spent over a decade helping home gardeners figure out what their plants actually need, as opposed to what the label says they need. Her approach is diagnostic; she'd rather help you understand why your plant is struggling than hand you a generic care schedule. At home, she maintains a greenhouse collection of rare succulents, which has given her a working knowledge of edge cases that most gardening guides don't cover.
Blogs by Sofia Moretti
I’ve killed more succulents than I’d like to admit before I learned that how to plant succulents right has less to do with the plant and everything to do with
My tomatoes used to sulk every August no matter what I fed them, until I swapped the bagged stuff for what was already in my kitchen bin. Natural fertilizer for
I have been working with home gardeners for over a decade, and the question I hear most about gooseberries is not about pests or pruning. It is simply, “Why is
Yes, lavender comes back every year. It’s a woody perennial, not an annual, so the same plant should keep flowering for years instead of dying off after one season. I’ve
Have you ever wanted to grow your own fresh asparagus but thought it was too difficult to start from seed? Many readers worry that growing asparagus from seed takes years and is difficult. In my
Potatoes are not a hard crop to grow. Getting the timing right is the part that trips people up. Plant too early, and cold, wet soil rots the seed pieces before they sprout. Plant too
Most gardeners who try to grow pumpkins for the first time run into the same problems. The vines spread everywhere. The flowers fall off. And by October, there is nothing to show for it. After
Most gardeners give up on rhubarb too soon. They plant it in year one, wait through a full season, and still pull no decent stalks. The problem is not the plant. It is the missing
Most sweet pea failures happen before the seeds germinate. Sweet peas germinate best at 50 to 55°F, a range that feels counterintuitively cold to most gardeners. Using a heat mat pushes soil past that threshold,