Sill & Soil is a small, ongoing record of learning to keep houseplants alive, not a professional horticulture site, and not written by someone who already had all the answers. It started because the same handful of questions (why are the leaves yellowing, why won't this thing grow, is this too much water or not enough) kept coming up, and the answers scattered across the internet weren't always easy to trust or easy to find.
Each post starts as a draft researched with AI assistance, pulling from multiple gardening sources to check the details. Every draft is then read, fact-checked, and edited by hand before it's published. Nothing goes up unreviewed. Where a post reflects a real plant being grown and watched, that's noted directly; where it's a researched guide rather than a first-hand account, it's written that way too.
Guides are written to answer a specific reader question rather than to fill a publishing schedule. Posts are checked for clear steps, relevant context, practical limitations, and links to supporting sources where claims need verification. The goal is to make each page useful on its own while pointing readers to related guides when they solve the next part of the same problem.
When a guide relies on information from a university extension service, botanical organization, established plant-care publication, or another source, the relevant source is listed at the end of the guide. If you spot an error or a claim that needs clarification, please contact us so the page can be reviewed and corrected.
This isn't a substitute for advice from a local nursery or extension office, especially for anything specific to your climate, water, or plant variety. Houseplant care has a lot of "it depends," and these notes aim to be a solid, honest starting point, not the final word.
If something on the site is wrong, unclear, or you've got a plant question you'd like covered, corrections and suggestions are always welcome at sillsoil95@gmail.com.