Fireflies Are Disappearing—and We’re to Blame
Learn what you can do in your own backyard to savor the nostalgia of lightning bugs.
How to Grow Petunias
Make petunias your garden pets and they will reward you with months of blooms from late spring until frost.
How to Start a Lawn Care Business: A Step-by-Step Guide for Budding Entrepreneurs
Self-starters who want to learn how to start a lawn care business can follow these 11 steps to help create a lawn care business sure to grow.
Pruning Tomato Plants: 6 Mistakes Most First-Time Gardeners Make
Pruning tomatoes correctly will yield larger, healthier plants that produce more fruit—and an earlier harvest—if you avoid these all-too-common pitfalls.
11 Fragrant Plants for Creating the Ultimate Aromatherapy Garden
These plants and flowers don’t just produce lovely aromas, they are also said to have healing properties. Learn why it’s it’s good to have a bounty of fennel, sage, and other fragrant garden delights.
14 Fast-Growing Fruit Trees to Jump-Start Your Edible Landscape
In a hurry to pick fruit from your very own tree? Plant any of these rapidly growing or dwarf fruit trees and you’ll soon be noshing on healthy, vitamin-packed, fiber-filled produce.
Bob Vila’s 10 “Must Do” Projects for July
Before you soak up all that summer has to offer, check tasks like plant care, pool maintenance, and storm prep off your to-do list.
7 Reasons to Love Earthworms—and How to Attract More to Your Garden
Often unseen under the soil, industrious earthworms provide countless benefits for your garden. Encourage them by providing the right environment.
String of Pearls Care
If you love pearls, try the “green” living kind with a string of pearls plant.
So, You Want to… Plant an Herb Spiral Garden
An herb spiral garden enables gardeners to grow a greater number of edible plants, and to do so more successfully, than would be possible otherwise.