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The Last Green Tomatoes: How to Ripen Them Indoors — and What to Cook With the Rest — Garden & terrace

The Last Green Tomatoes: How to Ripen Them Indoors — and What to Cook With the Rest

The nights are cooling and half the crop is still hard and green. You do not have to lose it — here is how to ripen tomatoes off the plant, and what to do with the ones that never will.

Sofia Marlowe•
Your Houseplants Suddenly Need Less Water — Here's How to Tell When — Garden & terrace

Your Houseplants Suddenly Need Less Water — Here's How to Tell When

As the light drops, the same watering routine that kept your plants happy in July starts to drown them. A gentler autumn method, plus the tests that stop you guessing.

Lena Hartley•
Bulbs in Pots: The September Hour That Buys You a Whole Balcony Spring — Garden & terrace

Bulbs in Pots: The September Hour That Buys You a Whole Balcony Spring

You don't need a garden to wake up to daffodils in March — just a few pots, a bag of grit and one unhurried hour this month. Here's the layered method that keeps a small balcony flowering for weeks.

Lena Hartley•
The Last Weeks of Tomato Season: What to Do Now So Nothing Rots on the Vine — Garden & terrace

The Last Weeks of Tomato Season: What to Do Now So Nothing Rots on the Vine

Late summer is when tomato plants stop working for you and start working against you. Five jobs — most of them subtractive — that decide whether you get a final harvest or a compost heap.

Lena Hartley•
Garden Lighting for Dark Evenings: How to Make a Small Balcony Feel Like a Room — Garden & terrace

Garden Lighting for Dark Evenings: How to Make a Small Balcony Feel Like a Room

The evenings are closing in, which is exactly when most of us abandon the balcony until spring. A few well-placed lights can buy you two more months outside.

Lena Hartley•
The Ten Minutes Before a Storm: What to Do on a Balcony and Inside a Flat — Household

The Ten Minutes Before a Storm: What to Do on a Balcony and Inside a Flat

Late-summer thunderstorms arrive fast, and most of the damage is preventable. Here is the short round I do on my balcony and in the flat when the sky starts turning green-grey.

Lena Hartley•
Cut These Balcony Plants Back Hard in Late August and You'll Get a Second Flush — Plus Three to Leave Alone — Garden & terrace

Cut These Balcony Plants Back Hard in Late August and You'll Get a Second Flush — Plus Three to Leave Alone

Straggly, bare-stemmed pots do not need replacing yet. A bold trim now, followed by a feed and a decent drink, buys you another round of flowers before the weather turns.

Lena Hartley•
Ten-Minute Triage for a Scorched Balcony: Which Pots to Save First — Garden & terrace

Ten-Minute Triage for a Scorched Balcony: Which Pots to Save First

After a week of real heat, half the containers look finished. Most aren't — but they need to be sorted quickly into save, cut back, and let go.

Lena Hartley•