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Home Improvement | HOME IMPROVEMENT
Cover Ugly Tree Roots With An Easy-To-Grow Landscaping Stunner
Mondo grass isn't a true grass, but it will grow well in the shade of a large tree to help cover exposed roots. Consider this plant for shady spots.
Home Improvement | Home Improvement
7 Tips for Growing a Native Plant Garden
Planting native flowers, shrubs, and trees instead of ornamentals or plain grass around your home has a number of long-term environmental benefits.
Pets & Animals | Interesting Animal Stories
What are possums good for? Here's why you may actually want them in your yard
If you've ever wondered, "What are possums good for?" ... well, you're not the only one. These strange-looking creatures don't have the best reputation. In fact, they're known for being pretty vicious...
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Types of poppies – 16 of the most beautiful annual varieties to grow
Gardening expert reveals the best easy-to-grow annual poppies to suit every style of garden and a wide range of colorful planting schemes
Home Improvement | In the Garden
10 Must-Know Tips for Growing Tomato Seedlings to Plant in Your Garden
Growing tomatoes from seed is easy with these tips to keep your seedlings strong and healthy.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
5 Lawn Care Tips To Keep Your Yard Looking Beautiful All Season Long
Maintaining a healthy yard right now may seem like a huge chore, but it doesn't have to be. Here are easy lawn care tips for the fall season.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Planning a Garden from Scratch: Notes from Designing a Painter’s Garden
I usually seek out design challenges, but when faced with planning a garden from scratch, I felt overwhelmed.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
How To Create Your Own Patio Vegetable Garden
If you live in a high-rise apartment, you might feel like your gardening options are few and far between -- but that's where vegetable microgardening comes in.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Protecting plants in a heatwave – 10 expert tips for combatting heat
If extreme heat is playing havoc with your garden, these expert tips will protect plants in hot weather
Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information
The secret world beneath our feet is mind-blowing – and the key to our planet’s future | Soil | The Guardian
Don’t dismiss soil: its unknowable wonders could ensure the survival of our species
Home Improvement | In the Garden
How to fertilize with Epsom salts – according to experts
Knowing how to fertilize with Epsom salts will make gardening seamless this season – and experts including Bobby Berk agree
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Landscaping with evergreens: 12 clever ways to make an impact with your planting
These expert ideas for landscaping with evergreens reveal the best ways to use this crucial element of garden design
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Here Are the Fastest-Growing Shrubs for Your Garden
Here are the best, fast-growing shrubs to plant in your garden, when you want things to look lush pronto. From hydrangea to aronia, these plants will have a huge (and speedy) impact on your yard.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
The Monarch Butterfly Needs Your Help: How to Plant Milkweed and Nectar Plants
How can I help the monarch butterfly? An invertebrate biologist helps me sort out fact from fiction, including which type of milkweed to plant and where to find it.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Ideas for Lighting Your Garden at Night
Learn how to light a garden or outdoor living space to prolong the time you spend in it.
Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
How to Embrace Nature in Your Own Backyard
Simply stepping outside to take in the fresh air can do wonders for your energy, your focus, and your stress levels.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
The 10 Most Photographed Gardens Around the World
From the New York Botanical Garden to Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay, here are the horticultural locales that visitors love to photograph.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
5 best bee-friendly flowers for a small outdoor space or balcony
Want to make your outdoor space a bee-friendly environment, but not sure where to start? Here are five of the best flowers to plant no matter what size space you’re working with.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Top 10 garden and outdoor décor trends for 2021
It’s the year of the pergola! Also the cedar hot tub, the re-wilded front yard, edible gardens and more.
Entertainment | Entertainment
6 Shows to Stream If You Love Gardening!
Whether you're looking for landscaping inspiration or simply want to level up your backyard game, here are six shows to watch if you have a love for gardening.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Favorite Autumn Gardens from Garden Photo of the Day - FineGardening
Fall is often a favorite time of year for gardeners. Winter is dreary. Spring is frenetic, filled with garden chores. Summer is hot, and we’re constantly worried about if we […]
Home Improvement | In the Garden
9 Veggies You Can Grow in a Fall Garden & Why It Pays to Be a Late Bloomer
Fall garden tips and what plants to grow and harvest in fall and winter.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
10 Drought-Tolerant Shrubs - FineGardening
Because we are constantly faced with the challenge of drought, we have committed ourselves for the past 15 years to identifying traits in shrubs like drought tolerance and performance history in addition to their natural attraction. Here are the standout
Home Improvement | In the Garden
10 Things Nobody Tells You About Starting a Vegetable Garden
You've finally decided: a vegetable garden is in your future. Congratulations are in order because you could fill a basket with all the benefits of growing
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
Woman waters plant for two years before realizing it's fake
Caelie Wilkes' dream of being a nurturing plant parent died on the vine when she realized the succulent she'd been tenderly tending for two years was a fake. She recounted her botanical boo-boo Friday in a viral Facebook post.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
15 Tips to Make Seed-Starting Easier - FineGardening
Starting Seeds Starting seeds is an easy and affordable way to get more plants, but getting them off to a good start can be tricky if you’ve never done it […]
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Autumn Pots Minus the Mums - FineGardening
Forgo fall’s most overused plant for a more sophisticated design
Home Improvement | In the Garden
15 Ways to Make a DIY Vertical Garden
A vertical garden can be a perfect solution for a small porch, apartment, or any small space. Here are 15 ways to make a DIY Vertical Garden.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Gardening: 12 Best Fruits, Veggies & Herbs To Grow In Containers For An Endless Supply Of Free Food
Gardening: 12 Best Fruits, Veggies & Herbs To Grow In Containers For An Endless Supply Of Free FoodIf you love fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs but don’t want to always drive to the grocery store to get them, consider container gardening. It is a rapi
Home Improvement | In the Garden
12 Principles of Garden Design
These universal principles have become the set of tools I use to create gardens that embody all the key elements of the world’s greatest landscapes but are scaled to each individual’s s…
Home Improvement | In the Garden
The Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Growing Tomatoes - Southern Living
Tomatoes are some of the most popular plants to grow, whether in containers or your yard. With proper care and maintenance, you can have an abundance
Home Improvement | In the Garden
7 Foolproof Products to Help You Grow a Garden Inside Your Home
You don't need to take a master class in gardening to grow fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables in your home. Here are a few indoor gardening systems to help you get started.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Plants for a Wow-Worthy Container - FineGardening
So many of us love to look at all the beautiful colors, textures and shapes of plants in the garden center, but we have a hard time visualizing combinations. Don’t …
Home Improvement | In the Garden
4 ways to get your plants to water themselves
Keep your plants healthy while you're away with these methods.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Denmark - Gardenista
Danish gardens are refined, with quiet style and an emphasis on structure, form, and foliage. Here are 10 garden ideas to steal from Copenhagen and the surrounding landscape:
Home Improvement | In the Garden
10 Ideas to Steal from Organic Gardens Around the World - Gardenista
Organic gardening by definition makes everything happier. Instead of growing plants with the help of harsh chemical fertilizers and pesticides, organic gar
News | The News
This city fights crime with gardening | Science | AAAS
Picking up trash and mowing vacant lots makes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, neighborhoods safer
Home Improvement | In the Garden
7 Different Ways to Design a Simple Garden Walkway | Apartment Therapy
You can give your yard a little love with a simple DIY garden path.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
10 gadgets that will do gardening and yard work for you
It's time to work smarter in your backyard!
Home Improvement | Gardening
7 ways you can grow food in spaces you never imagined possible – The Denver Post
With a little creativity and care Coloradans are growing gardens in some unexpected places.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
How to grow stuff: everything the novice gardener needs to know | The Telegraph
If I were to plot my journey as a gardener, it would start with a basil plant from Tesco.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
9 Gardening Trends That Will Be Taking Over Flower Beds This Year
Just sow you know (we had to).
Home Improvement | In the Garden
11 Ways to Keep Houseplants Happy in Winter: Gardenista
Are your potted plants looking a little desperate? Winter's a waiting game; here are 11 ways to keep them happy until spring arrives.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Spray This Simple Mixture And You Will Never See Weeds In Your Garden Again! | TheHealthology
Weeds are the most common, unwanted, and uninvited guests in the garden or yard, which steal the nutrients and place of our plants. Yet, not all of you r...
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Gardening Inspiration: how to style a small town garden | The Telegraph
In our Gardening Inspiration series we've been exploring beautiful and unusual gardens and offering tips to help you achieve a similar aesthetic at home.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
10 Tips on How to Turn You Garden into a Real Paradise
Your garden should be viewed as an opportunity to create a slice of paradise you can call your own, and here are some tips to help your out.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
14 Creative Succulent Container Gardens to DIY or Buy Now | Brit + Co
Spruce up your space with these creatively potted succulents!
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
Don’t Have a Garden? Regrow Vegetables in Your Kitchen
Here's a good reason to avoid ditching those veggie scraps.
Miscellaneous | I Like This
Never Buy a Terrarium Again After Tackling This DIY
A new take on the classic terrarium.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Flower bed, patio table ... labyrinth? Winding paths are a new backyard trend. - The Washington Post
Homeowners are installing them as meditative spaces, landscaping elements, or both.
Food & Drink | Food
Heirloom Potato Varieties
Learn all there is to know about planting seed potatoes, warding off potato pests, gently harvesting your spuds and storing these rare heirloom potato varieties.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Allotment gardening 'can boost mental well-being', according to study - BBC News
Spending time gardening in an allotment can improve mood and self-esteem, a university study says.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Best ferns for a low-water garden
These luxuriant ferns don’t need to drink a lot to be happy. Get our tips on the best types to plant and how to care for them
Home Improvement | In the Garden
10 Incredible Things Inside Botanic Gardens Across the Country
These botanical gardens are filled with not-so-ordinary things.
Miscellaneous | Products & Services
[Images] Innovative expanding origami pots designed to cut waste! | 1 Million Women
These pots grow as your plant does, saving time and promoting sustainability.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
10 for 10: Best Garden Picks on Etsy's Tenth Anniversary: Gardenista
When three college friends created online crafts marketplace Etsy in 2005, their inspiration was Grandma's clutter. In honor of Etsy's 10 anniversary this month, we've cut through the clutter. Here are our top 10 Etsy picks for gardeners:
Home Improvement | Advice
10 Plants Never to Grow in Your Yard
View the 10 Plants Never to Grow in Your Yard photo gallery on Yahoo Homes. Find more news related pictures in our photo galleries.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
Hardscaping 101: Design Guide for Edible Gardens: Gardenista
There's a reason more than half of all gardeners plan to grow edibles this year. Food you grow tastes better, is healthier for you, and fills you with a quiet feeling of pioneer satisfaction. Actually, that's a lot of reasons. Our Design Guide f
Home Improvement | In the Garden
4 Great Gift Books for the Garden Lover
We are just swimming in new garden books that are knocking our socks off. We didn’t have room for all of them in our December gift guide, so here are a few more to choose from. Happy shopping/reading/gardening! Cultivating Garden Style (Timber Press
Home Improvement | In the Garden
What’s Inside a Dandelion?
Although plenty of folks have dismissed dandelions for their plain exterior, savvy investors know it’s what’s inside that counts. Turns out the milky white sap in dandelion stems is latex, the building block of rubber.
Home Improvement | In the Garden
24 surprising plant combos
What happens when a plant biologist and a landscape artist team up to create a garden on a California hillside? Surprising plant combinations at every turn
