While rabbits are cute to look at, especially as babies, they can really damage both your vegetable and flower gardens. It can feel especially frustrating when you go out to the garden in the morning to find that they have completely decimated all of your strawberry blossoms or tender spinach sprouts. If you’re looking for …
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Tomatoes reign supreme in the garden—not just for flavor, but also for the satisfaction of growing them yourself. With the right pruning technique, you can unlock a bumper harvest of big, juicy fruits. But make missteps, and your efforts can flop—literally. Let’s dive into 12 key pruning mistakes and how to avoid them, for a …
Gardening and wildlife go hand in hand, but if you like gardening and you don’t like legless, slithering reptiles, you may have a small problem. Snakes don’t care about your manicured lawn or the price of mulch. They follow food, cover, and moisture. If your garden has mice, frogs, compost, logs, shady rocks, bird baths, …
Nothing catches the eye in a garden quite like a bright red flower, for humans and hummingbirds alike. And while perennials certainly have their benefits, the quickest way to get these show-stopping crimson blooms into your garden is to plant annuals. To help you choose among the many plants available, here is a list of …
When summer hits, our instinct is often to dote on our gardens—watering, feeding, pruning, and “tidying up.” But for some plants, less really is more. Giving certain perennials and ornamentals too much summer attention can backfire in a big way, leading to poor blooms, root rot, or even plant death. These popular plants look like …
Though commonly planted in herb gardens, lavender has many beautiful roles in landscaping. It comes in various hues, and the many varieties have different bloom times for a summer full of fragrant flower spikes. And they’re all beautiful and smell lovely! Landscaping with lavender results in stunning displays of flowers and calming aromas that waft …
Garden edges are a necessity. They will tidy up a yard, hold soil in place during heavy rain, prevent creeping grass from hijacking your flower beds, and make mowing less painful. A solid border brings order and function to floods or gravel paths in a drought-prone area. The right edge also keeps mulch where it …
You’ve spent weeks planting, pruning, and nurturing your garden, only to wake up and find half your hostas devoured or your tomatoes riddled with bite marks. Sound familiar? Whether it’s deer trampling your flower beds, chipmunks sampling your veggies, or slugs turning your leaves into lace, pests can quickly undo all your efforts. But here’s …
Summer used to mean iced drinks, sandals, and pretending to care about the lawn. If you’re into gardening, it now means praying your plants don’t burst into flames by noon. With global temps stomping over previous records like a toddler in a sandbox, you need a heat-protection strategy for your flowerbed. The best strategy is …
Roses are considered one of the most beautiful flowers in the world and are associated with love, romance, and affection. If you want to know more about how to grow beautiful roses, we are going to review my top tips for gorgeous rose blooms. The history of roses can be traced all the way back …