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Can Weeds Go in the Compost Pile?

Weeds can be a good addition to the compost pile, but keep the weed seeds out.

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Soil Improvements & Composting

Can Weeds Go in the Compost Pile?

Weeds can be a good addition to the compost pile, but keep the weed seeds out.

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Trees & Shrubs

The Yellow-Needle Fakeout

Are yellowing needles in your evergreens a sign of serious trouble or just a natural part of the changing seasons?

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Plant Selection

Watch Those Plant Sizes

Tips for choosing the right plants to fit your space.

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Perennials

Eight of the Longest Blooming Perennial Flowers

Growers have developed longer blooming varieties of these favorite perennials.

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Get Rid of Weeds

Grassy Weeds Hiding in Your Lawn

These weeds can out-compete turfgrass and make your lawn look ragged.

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Weed Notes

How to Control Pokeweed

While an important food source for birds, this perennial plant is toxic and can be tough to get rid of where it's not wanted.

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Plant Selection

Grow Your Own Cut-Flower Bouquets

Follow these tips to have a steady harvest of vibrant blooms for cutting throughout the growing season

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Trees & Shrubs

Why Shrub Sizes Are Shrinking

Compact varieties of favorite shrubs are perfect for smaller properties, mixed garden beds, and patio pots.

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Get Rid of Weeds

How to Get Rid of the Toughest of Weeds

Weeds have developed traits that make then top-notch survivors, allowing them to colonize and choke out weaker competitors. Learn how to beat the worst weeds.

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Trees & Shrubs

Planting Under Trees: How to Deal with Dry Shade and Big Tree Roots

Trees create dual challenge for gardeners: shade plus root competition for nutrients and water. Learn how to deal with dry shade.

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Weed Notes

How to Control Wild Carrot (Queen Anne’s lace)

All about this familiar lacy plant seen blooming in sunny meadows, roadsides, and backyards in summer.

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Get Rid of Weeds

Poisonous Plants: Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac

Knowing these basics about poison ivy and its rash-causing cousins can help you head off trouble.

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Pruning

When and How to Deadhead Flowers

This summer garden task neatens plants and can promote new flowers.

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Seasonal Tasks

How to Help Young Plants Survive a Heatwave

New plants are vulnerable in mid-summer when the heat goes up and the rainfall goes down in mid-summer. Here's how to keep new plants alive and happy.

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Weed Notes

How to Control Field Bindweed

This vining, hard to kill weed can quickly overtake landscape beds or climb six feet or more up trees and shrubs.

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Checklists

Summer Gardening Checklist

Here's our guide to essential tasks that will help your garden thrive through the hot summer months.

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Seasonal Tasks

Keep Plants Alive While You’re on Vacation

Heading out on a trip this summer? Here are eight tips to keep your potted plants alive and well.

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Trees & Shrubs

The Best Compact Shrubs for Front-Yard Gardens

These dwarf varieties of favorite evergreen and flowering shrubs are perfect for beautiful, low-maintenance curb appeal.

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Get Rid of Weeds

Preen on Designing Spaces

Watch this feature on Lifetime's Designing Spaces to learn how Preen helps homeowners spend more time with their families and less time pulling weeds.

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Weed Notes

How to Control Wild Parsnip

Watch out - contact with the sap of this invasive plant plus sunlight can cause an intense burning and blistering rash. Learn why and how to control it.

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Get Rid of Weeds

Summer Annual Weeds and How to Control Them

As spring turns to summer, annual weeds such as pigweed, lambsquarters, purslane, and spotted spurge sprout. Most are rampant seeders that spread if you don’t control them. Here's how.

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Get Rid of Weeds

Preventing Weeds Beats Fighting Them

Going to extremes to get rid of weeds? Stop fighting, start Preening! Use Preen Garden Weed Preventers and stop weeds before they start.

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Annuals

Seven of the Best New Annual Flowers of 2024

Looking for something new to color your summer flower pots and house-front beds? Here are seven newcomers to grow this year.

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Bulbs

Bulbs for Summer Color

Plant summer bulbs like dahlias, hardy lilies, and caladiums in spring to bring color to your garden this summer.

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Get Rid of Weeds

Four Ways We Can Hurt Plants Trying to Control Weeds

Without due care, our efforts to control weeds can do more harm than good. Here's how to avoid trouble.

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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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