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How to Control Wild Violets

Favorite wildflower or nuisance? Here's what to do if violets have become a problem in your lawn and garden.

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Weed Notes

How to Control Wild Violets

Favorite wildflower or nuisance? Here's what to do if violets have become a problem in your lawn and garden.

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Fruits, Veggies & Herbs

Can You Grow Vegetables in the Shade?

Here are tips for growing vegetables when you don't have a space with full sun.

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Trees & Shrubs

Seven of the Best New Shrubs of 2024

Innovative new shrubs include blight-fighting boxwoods, a mock orange that reblooms, and an all-new woody plant called a “desert orchid.”

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Get Rid of Weeds

How Long Do Weed Seeds Last in the Soil?

Weeds are survivors. Their seeds can live for years in the soil waiting for the right conditions to sprout.

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Weed Notes

How to Control Garlic Mustard

Tips to stop this prolific seeder that has invaded home gardens, roadsides and woodlands throughout America.

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Seasonal Tasks

Don’t Dig Those Dormant Plants for Dead

How to tell if your winter damaged plants will come back to life.

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Perennials

Seven of the Best New Perennial Flowers of 2024

These interesting new perennials are worth a look for your garden

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Get Rid of Weeds

Where Are Those Weeds Coming From?

Here are 9 ways weeds find their way to your garden, plus 5 tips to limit their spread.

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Weed Notes

How to Control Wild Onions and Wild Garlic

Learn the difference between these close cousins to the onions and garlic we grow in the vegetable garden and how to rid your yard of them.

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Get Rid of Weeds

What Can Weeds Tell Us About Our Soil?

Observe the weeds in your yard for clues about the fertility, moisture levels, and pH of your soil.

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Houseplants

How to Start New Indoor Plants from Cuttings

A money-saving way to grow your houseplant collection is by creating rooted “baby plants” from the parts of existing plants.

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Weed Notes

How to Control Chickweed

One chickweed plant can produce as many as 25,000 weeds. Learn how to combat this common early-season weed.

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Landscape Design

Hot Gardening Trends in 2024

What will be hot in gardening this year? Improving curb appeal with landscaping, hanging pots, and more!

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Fruits, Veggies & Herbs

Straw Bale Gardening

Using a straw bale as a plant container is a great option if you have poor soil or limited space and the raised height can eliminate the heavy work of digging and turning the soil to plant.

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Outdoor Containers

How to Grow Glorious Hanging Baskets

Hanging flower baskets are increasingly popular as a way to add eye-level color to decks and porches – without the fuss of digging, weeding and rabbit-fighting. Learn the keys to basket success.

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Seasonal Tasks

Inspect the "Plant Troops" Now for Landscape Changes Later

Fall is a good time of year to do an annual yard inspection to sort out what you like and what needs to change.

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Seasonal Tasks

The Three Best Things You Can Do to Head Off Winter Plant Damage

Cold temperatures and the drying winds of winter can take a toll on plants. Here's how to minimize damage with three key precautions in fall.

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Bulbs

Things that Go Wrong with Spring Bulbs… and How to Fix Them

Here are the causes and solutions for five common spring bulb woes.

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Weed Notes

How to Control Ragweed

A single ragweed plant can produce up to a billion grains of pollen from August through October.

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Get Rid of Weeds

Tackling Garden Weeds in Fall

You might think the end of the gardening season is the off-season for weeds, but fall is actually an important time for weed prevention.

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Division, Propagation & Seed Starting

Transplanting: Tips for Relocating Plants

Fear not about moving a plant that you realize is in a wrong or struggling location. Here are some tips to increase your odds of transplant success.

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Tools & Equipment

Long-handled Weeding Tools

Guide to weeding tools that help you quickly remove garden weeds while saving your back.

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Landscape Design

Quick Curb Appeal Ideas for Your Front Yard

Check our budget-conscious tips to tidy up and improve the appearance of your front yard.

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Weed Notes

Thistle: Hard to Control Noxious Weeds

Four kinds of non-native thistles are troublesome throughout most of the U.S. Learn why these spiny weeds are so tough to control.

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Get Rid of Weeds

How to Control Weeds in a Perennial Garden

Weeds can quickly entrench themselves in among perennial beds. Here are tips to keep them from overtaking your garden.

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Feeding & Watering

Why It’s So Important to Get Watering Right in Summer Gardens

Lack of water can stress your plants during hot, dry summer weather. Here's a watering guide to keep your plants thriving.

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Landscape Design

Eight Ways to Add Privacy to Your Yard

Building your backyard oasis? Here are creative landscaping ideas that can provide privacy for your outdoor space.

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Weed Notes

How to Control Pennsylvania Smartweed

This weedy North America native plant with inch-long pink flower clusters is a familiar summer inhabitant of wetlands and wet, poorly drained garden areas across the U.S.

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Plant Browning & Dying

You Will Kill Plants... It’s Part of the Gardening Equation

Experienced gardeners' tips for ensuring the success of your plants.

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Get Rid of Weeds

Weed or Wildflower? Summer Weeds that Look Like Native Plants

Killing native wildflowers by mistaking them for weeds can be detrimental to the ecosystem. Here are six common summer weeds and how to tell them apart from similar native plants.

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