A Simple Feeder Trick That Helps Keep Pests Away From Hummingbirds
A plain-water ant moat can stop crawling pests without risky chemicals. These feeder fixes also reduce leaks, bees, wasps, and spoiled nectar.
A plain-water ant moat can stop crawling pests without risky chemicals. These feeder fixes also reduce leaks, bees, wasps, and spoiled nectar.
Fallen leaves are free lawn food, mulch, compost material, winter insulation, wildlife habitat, and even fall décor. Here are seven smart ways to use them safely.
Nine smart fall garden jobs—from harvesting and saving seeds to watering roots and draining hoses—that will make winter safer and spring much easier.
Five simple fall changes can turn your yard into a safer refueling stop for migrating hummingbirds—from fresh nectar to flowers and window protection.
A mature marigold flower can yield nearly 100 seeds. Learn exactly when to collect, dry, store, and plant them for free blooms next spring.
American elderberry hides along fences and wet edges. Learn confident identification, dangerous lookalikes, safe harvesting, cooking, and backyard growing.
Before you clean up the fall garden, leave these seven seed-rich plants standing. They can provide backyard birds with food, cover, and places to forage through winter.
Seven familiar yard weeds were once valued as food, groundcover, pollinator plants, or soil helpers. Here’s how to recognize them—and decide which ones are worth keeping.
The right fall mum can return for years—but planting it too late can ruin the odds. Learn how to identify, plant, mulch, and overwinter hardy mums.
Before you reach for the pruners, discover seven perennials that feed birds, shelter insects, and make the winter garden more beautiful.