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One of the pleasures of spring is taking stock in your garden: Which perennials are ready to be doubled (or even trip...
A beautiful green lawn requires regular watering to keep it looking great. The trick is to use enough water to keep y...
Late spring is the time to sit back and admire those azaleas as they bloom; azaleas add a veritable explosion of colo...
Overcome common lawn blights and return your grass to its former green glory.
Now that spring has arrived, it’s time to think about lawn maintenance again. Go ahead and tune up your mower and sta...
There’s nothing like a beautiful green lawn to make your house look great. Now that spring is here, it’s time to get ...
Azaleas are getting ready to set gardens on fire. The fluorescent shades of this plant's hallmark blooms tend to make...
As the growing season picks up, so does the drive to fertilize. Surely, your lawn could use a little help as it gets ...
The amaryllis is usually thought of as a one-off winter bulb that makes for a great holiday accent. But with very lit...
If you haven’t done it already, this is the time to winterize your yard! Make a list of the things you need to do to...
Now is the perfect time to get garlic into the ground. The cloves get a head start on the growing season so that by l...
Fall lawn care is as important as what you do in the spring, because encouraging deep roots will help your lawn resis...
Fall is a great time to upgrade your landscaping. Plants, trees, and shrubs are slowing down from the hot summer and ...
As you start putting your lawn to bed, you must take care of three fall lawn maintenance tasks now to secure healthy ...
Summer is a tough time for lawns, and this summer was especially tough on some. But every year we get a do-over in th...
Since moving from the city to the 'burbs, I’ve gotten reacquainted with one of my weekly teenage chores (for which I ...
Irrigating your yard can really be wasteful and expensive; clean water is a precious commodity, and not just in deser...
That old adage, “what goes around comes around” is especially true in your garden. LISTENListen to BOB VILA ON GARDEN...
It’s the great american obsession, and we spend about twenty-five billion dollars a year on it, but if lawn care is e...
A chore though it may be, mowing your lawn properly will do more than just improve its appearance.
Roses need special care to reach their full potential. Follow these guidelines to get the most our of your summer blooms.
Air plants—or tillandsias—are one of my favorite indoor plants. I bought my first little pup about a year ago and sin...
There’s really nothing better than a vine-ripened tomato plucked from the plant in your vegetable garden and still wa...
Using these five lawn tips will help you maintain a greener lawn throughout the spring and summer.
Pennington Seed has been cultivating and improving lawn seed for more than 60 years, so I was delighted to have the o...
With the last frost imminent in most parts of the country, you can begin working on your garden today. Instead of buy...
Far from a one-time treat, forced amaryllis bulbs in a pot with their big trumpet flowers are one of the bright spots...
“Don’t stop gardening just because it’s winter,” says Cindy Baker, Manager of Grounds at the Chicago Botanic Garden. ...
Bamboo provides a quick-growing evergreen screen and adds glorious character with delicate leaves and substantial culms or canes, but research and commitment are ...
Backyard landscaping has progressed with the completion of stone work, new plantings, weed control, and the installation of artificial grass.
Bob does a walkthrough of the finished Punta Gorda home. He discusses sustainable gardening, water conservation and low-maintenance plants. Then he joins Leslie...
Angela Polo and Ken Micklow shows Bob dwarf planting ideas and install a raised vegetable garden which requires soil enhancement, Craig Harmer shows Bob natural p...
Bob meets with Joel Scanlon, who installs legs on a butcher block top and explains how to care for the wood surface.
Bob reviews the newly completed caissons with the architects, and demolition continues with the removal of a tree from the courtyard.
Bob surveys the lot and oversees the preliminary work for building a new Cape Cod-style house.
Bob watches as the crew clears more trees and brush to make room for building structures.
Bob goes outside to observe a tree being planted and to see the little garden beyond the entryway landscaped.
A sloping bank descends from deck level to the yard. Landscape designer Ruth Foster explains her choice of plantings for this garden: It will be green, with junip...
Bob meets with landscape designer Ruth Foster, who explains the correct method of planting bulbs. For turf, Foster suggests a relaxed approach, with perennial rye...
