How to Design an Ever-Blooming Perennial Garden
Craft a symphony of all-season color with these perennial garden ideas and tips.
Solved! Here’s Exactly When You Should Aerate the Lawn
What are the telltale signs that your grass needs aerating, and when is the best time to do it? Here’s what you need to know about this all-important lawn care task.
How to Get Rid of Invasive Hammerhead Worms
Your garden (and the earthworms inhabiting it) will thank you for destroying hammerhead worms, but you’ll need to take special measures to eradicate them safely. Pro tip: Don’t cut them up!
6 Pro Tips for Successful Container Gardening
Kerry Michaels, About.com’s container gardening expert, shares her top tips for success. Follow her advice and you may soon find that your containers—and your enthusiasm—flourish exuberantly.
How To: Make a Butterfly Garden
Hello, my friend, hello again; today we come together to talk about How To: Make a Butterfly Garden and hope the blog can help you. Butterflies are mesmerizing creatures with more to offer than beauty alone. Because they are nectar eaters, they are great pollinators, and their larvae provide food for birds and other wildlife….
9 Products to Help You Corral Your Garden Veggies
Give your homegrown produce plenty of support and the freedom to reach new heights with quality trellises, stakes, cages, and more.
How Much Does It Cost to Remove a Tree?
The exact cost to remove a tree will depend on the size of the tree, accessibility, condition, trunk diameter, and more. However, homeowners can expect to pay an average of $750, or between $200 and $2,000, to remove a tree.
15 Things to Do in the Yard Before the First Frost
As summer scurries away, cooler temps and autumn leaves aren’t far behind. Move these temperature-sensitive yard chores to the top of this month’s to-do list to keep your property in fine shape this year and next.
How to Keep Squirrels Out of Garden Beds and Potted Plants
If you consider squirrels more pesky than playful, there are a number of ways to invite them to leave your garden without harming anyone.
11 Florals That Will Give Your Garden an English Cottage Feel
The contrast of sculptured shrubs with meandering pathways and beds overflowing with color creates an alluring image, and these English garden flowers can make a cottage garden pop.