Teresa Odle

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Name: Teresa Odle

Title: Contributing Writer and Editor

Teresa Odle is a writer and editor who has lived and gardened throughout the mountains of arid New Mexico. She joined the Bob Vila team as a freelancer in March 2020, editing and writing helpful articles mostly on gardening and outdoor living.

Expertise and Experience

Teresa has worked in online, print, and social media spaces as an editor and writer for more than 20 years. She is the former editor of African Violet Magazine and has contributed articles or blog posts to Out Here Magazine, Home Wizards, Curiosity, Su Casa Magazine (South), Southwest Gardening, Gardening Know How, Green Profit Magazine, Gardening Products Review, Plant Addicts, Cengage Learning, and national feature syndicates. 

In 2015, Teresa founded Gardening in a Drought, a blog dedicated to gardening in dry climates and her experiences growing native plants and vegetable gardens on 4 acres in southeastern New Mexico. The blog received the top digital writing award in 2016 from the Garden Writers of America (Garden Communicators). She now focuses on garden/health and writing/editing.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024 | TUESDAY
50 Products for Quick Fixes Around the House

As any homeowner knows, no one can prepare you for the burden that comes from realizing that every creak, crack, scratch, and clog in your house is something that you and you alone will n...

JANUARY 16, 2024 | TUESDAY
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The front door area of your home should be welcoming, but only to welcomed visitors. As the most visible entry to a home, this zone can be vulnerable to break-ins. Doing all you can to de...

NOVEMBER 27, 2023 | MONDAY
20 Things You Should Stop Wasting Money on in 2024

Many homeowners share a common New Year’s resolution: Save more money. The past few years have shown how important it is to put a little extra aside. In the 12 months preceding September ...

OCTOBER 20, 2023 | FRIDAY
19 Fall Gardening Practices That Will Protect and Enrich Your Soil in Winter

Throughout the growing season, garden plants work together with microbes to break down and use organic matter within the soil, depleting the soil’s nutritional content. During the offseas...

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 | SATURDAY
The Great Debate: Is It Safe to Use Rain Barrel Water in Your Vegetable Garden?

Increasing wildfires around the world and documented severe drought—even in unexpected spots like Hawaii and the Southeast—emphasize the need to take steps to lower water use. Collecting ...

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 | MONDAY
33 Haunted Hotels and Airbnbs to Book for a Spooky Halloween

Who said you need a Ouija board to drop a line to the dearly departed? Apparitions both sympathetic and sinister are believed to abound—no board required—in accommodations around the coun...

AUGUST 11, 2023 | FRIDAY
13 Natural and Effective Ways to Kill Weeds

Although not all of these methods will work all of the time, weed management should always begin with the most eco-friendly choices. Anything we can do to prevent the use of harmful herbi...

JULY 14, 2023 | FRIDAY
14 Ways to Help Your Garden Survive a Heat Wave

It’s no secret that heat waves are becoming more common around the globe. Summer 2022 saw fires throughout Europe (including London), Asia, and around North America, to name a few. In Jul...

JUNE 27, 2023 | TUESDAY
What Are Forever Chemicals?

Substances we now call “forever chemicals” have been in use worldwide since the 1940s. These per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are chemicals developed to help resist water, greas...