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
Most people think growing beetroot is complicated. It is not. You have probably pulled out small, woody, or cracked roots before and blamed yourself. But the truth is, a few simple mistakes during sowing or
You planted lavender. It sat there for weeks. No new growth, no signs of life, and barely any color by the end of the season. The plant was not the problem. The timing was. Lavender
Most gardeners pick up a lavender plant and call it done. Purple flowers. Good scent. Into the ground it goes. That works until it does not. Lavender is not one plant. It is a genus
You planted your seed potatoes a few weeks ago. The soil looks the same. Nothing is poking through yet. And now you’re wondering if you did something wrong. Trust me, I’ve been there. The first
You buy a knob of ginger at the store. You use a small slice. The rest dries out in the fridge and gets thrown away. Sound familiar? Here is the good news. You can grow