How to Trim Hedges: A Guide to Perfectly Pruned Hedges
Learn how to trim hedges like a pro! Get tips on when to trim, what tools you need, and how to create even shapes for perfectly pruned hedges.
How to Grow
All about growing and caring for your plants.
Space Constraint: Small Space Gardening
Transform your small space into a lush oasis with these creative small garden ideas! From container gardening to vertical gardening, find the perfect solution for your limited area.
What is a Permaculture Garden?
How to Care for Italian Stone Pine
All About Flowering Holiday Plants
How to Plant
Grab the guides for planting, shrubs, trees, annuals, perennials and more!
How to Plant Ground Cover Plants
Low-maintenance ground cover plants prevent weeds and provide erosion control on slopes. Here are tips for planting garden ground cover that return year after year on hillsides, around trees and between pavers.
How to Care for Your Croton Plant
If your croton plant has gotten too large or the stems are getting leggy it may be time to give it a trim. Follow these simple croton care tips to prune, propagate and protect a croton.
How to Grow Zucchini Plants
These ten tips will help you grow zucchini. The tips include how to choose a good location, how far apart to plant zucchini and how to tell if zucchini is ripe.
Are Sunflowers Annuals or Perennials?
What is a sunflower? Can sunflowers be perennial as well as annual? Learn more about some of the many plants commonly called “sunflower”.
All About Growing Annual Plants
The info you need to know to grow annual plants. We gathered all our tips about choosing which flowers to grow and how to take care of annuals.
A Soil Calculator for Raised Beds and Containers
Before you make the trip to the garden center to buy potting or raised bed soil, you can easily determine how much you'll need using a simple soil calculator formula.
No Till Gardening
A no till gardening soil recipe includes a blend of compost, mulch and plant matter layered over cardboard or newspaper. No till gardening is a low-maintenance solution to the problem of tilling, which is not always good for the environment.
How to Change Your Soil pH
Soil pH is an essential factor in a plant's ability to grow. Learn what it means, why it's important, and how to change your soil pH to help plants thrive.
How to Grow Climbing Roses
A climbing rose is an excellent way of adding height and color to a garden, and ideal for covering bare walls or fences. Here's how to grow one successfully.
How to Test Soil pH
Here’s how to do a simple soil pH test from items you probably already have in your kitchen. Once you determine whether your soil is acidic or alkaline, we have recommendations for soil amendments that can bring the soil back into the neutral pH range.
Your Last Frost Date – What You Need to Know
Check the last frost date for your area, learn why it matters, and discover how you can work around it to avoid subjecting your seedlings to damaging conditions.
Tips for Seed Germination
Seed germination is the first step toward growing a healthy plant, and here's what you need to know to encourage high germination rates from the seeds you sow.
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