How to Plant a Lavender Hedge That Stays Full, Fragrant, and Healthy
A lavender hedge can turn an ordinary walkway into one of the best-looking parts of a yard. Even before it flowers, the soft gray-green foliage creates a neat border. Once …
Stop Throwing Away Your Eggshells: 9 Uses for Them
Crack an egg, cook breakfast, and toss the shell. It is such an automatic habit that most of us never stop to consider what we are throwing away. Those brittle …
13 Plants That Look Dangerously Similar to Safe Garden Favorites
The most dangerous plant in your yard may not look dangerous at all. It may look like an onion waiting to be pulled, a patch of ramps ready for dinner, …
15 Medicinal Plants You Can Keep Around the House
A useful home garden does not need to resemble an old-fashioned apothecary. Some of the most familiar plants growing on windowsills, porches, and patios have been used for generations in …
12 Fast-Growing Plants You May Spend Years Trying to Remove
Some plants arrive in the yard looking like the answer to a problem. They cover an ugly fence, fill a bare patch of shade, attract hummingbirds, or provide a quick …
Everything You Need to Know About the Amazing White Clover Plant
For decades, homeowners have been taught to see white clover as a lawn problem. Its round leaves interrupt the grass. Its flowers attract bees. Its creeping stems refuse to stay …
Why Adding Epsom Salt to Cucumbers Can Make Them Thrive—and How to Do It
A cucumber vine can look unstoppable in early summer, then suddenly begin losing its deep green color. The older leaves turn pale. Yellow patches appear between the veins. Growth slows …
15 Feathered Visitors That Indicate Your Garden Is Thriving
A robin tugging at the soil. A goldfinch balancing on an old seed head. A catbird disappearing into a berry-covered shrub. These are more than pretty garden moments. Each bird …
Skip Petunias—Plant These 15 Heat-Loving Flowers Instead
Petunias can look nearly perfect in late spring. Then the real summer heat arrives, and suddenly they are stretched, sticky, faded, and producing fewer flowers than leaves. You can trim …
10 Things to Do When Your Hydrangeas Are Wilting (+ the Biggest Mistake You Can Make)
A hydrangea can look perfectly happy in the morning and completely defeated by late afternoon. The leaves hang down. The flower heads sag. The entire shrub looks as though it …