Instead of cranking up the AC, let indoor plants offer an environmentally friendly alternative for beating the heat. Adding a touch of green to your decor may help combat warm, stuffy air so you can stay cooler all summer long.
An enjoyable afternoon spent working in the garden, a lovely evening relaxing in the yard: the exterior of your home provides plenty of opportunities to recharge your batteries while soaking in the great outdoors. Unfortunately, a wide variety of unwanted critters—including insects, rodents, and other trouble-making animals—also are drawn to your yard, and they aren’t there to help with the gardening. These visitors are generally in search of a meal or a home of their own, and they don’t care how much backyard mess and destruction they create in the process. While you’ll never be able to block 100% of outdoor pests, the following tips will help you greatly reduce 20 of the most common uninvited visitors.
Whether you have loose, nutrient-dense soil or something more like modeling clay, the way you treat it could be making it worse.
The cicada’s bright eyes, veiny wings, and constant hum are annual signs that warm weather has arrived—but nobody wants them floating in the pool or buzzing past (or worse, ON) the grill. Prevention and maintenance can keep these noisy critters at bay. If you’re wondering how to get rid of cicadas, luckily, there are methods to turn to. When help is needed, an exterminator can take care of the issue for you.
If you’d like to tiptoe through the tulips next spring, tiptoe through a few of these tulip-planting tips first.
Harvest your tomatoes at the perfect stage of ripeness for the best flavor and maximum shelf life.
Let fresh fragrance naturally pervade your indoor space with the help of pretty potted plants.
Despite our best efforts, our potted plants sometimes flounder. Knowing how to identify and treat houseplants’ most common afflictions can help you revive them in no time.
Add a burst of earthy flavor to your favorite dishes with indoor rosemary.
Even the most inexperienced plant owners can maintain this nearly indestructible houseplant.