Gardening(Page 2)

Latest in Gardening

A man working in a houseplant nursery carrying a tray of new plants.

7 Incredible New Plants for 2026—and Where to Find Them

By Sandi Schwartz

Houseplants with snow falling in the background for winter care

7 Products to Help You Prep Your Houseplants for Winter

By Jasmine Harding

Four small trees or shrubs covered in burlap to protect them from fallen snow.

7 Types of Plant Covers That’ll Protect Tender Trees and Shrubs From the Cold

By Steph Coelho, Updated by Daryna Tobey

Squirrel sitting inside a jack o'lantern with no top.

How to Keep Squirrels Away From Pumpkins

By Nina Malkin, Gretchen Heber

A DIYer planting bulbs in the yard in fall.

Why I Often Plant My Fall Bulbs Outside of My Flower Beds

By Audrey Stallsmith

Woman relaxing on a hammock in her flower garden.

Now This Is a Landscaping Trend We Can Get On Board With

By Sandi Schwartz

Lit carved pumpkins on grass

How to Preserve Pumpkins Without Harming Wildlife

By Gretchen Heber, Manasa Reddigari

Man caulking around a door.

Keep Critters From Moving In This Fall by Sealing These Areas Around Your Home ASAP

By Sandi Schwartz

An overcrowded raised bed vegetable garden in a backyard.

The Rookie Mistake I Made in My Vegetable Garden This Summer

The Gardyn Home Kit 3.0 growing lots of leafy greens during testing.

The Gardyn System Review: Hydroponic Gardening in Just 2 Square Feet

Blooming light pink roses in the foreground of a green garden.

6 Plants That Highlight the 2026 Garden Color of the Year

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman holds a handful of soil with a chafer grub in the palm of her hand.

How to Get Rid of Grubs

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

The Best Soil Moisture Meter Options

The Best Soil Moisture Meters—This Cheap Garden Tool Keeps Plants Thriving

By Glenda Taylor, Steph Coelho, Jasmine Harding

Best Soil For Fiddle Leaf Figs Options

The Best Soil for Fiddle Leaf Figs Will Keep Your Houseplant Happy and Healthy

By Glenda Taylor

A vine of ripe tomatoes in a home garden with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

How to Grow Tomatoes in Your Home Garden—No Matter Where You Live

Woman waters houseplants in flower pots on the floor.

How to Curate a Living Gallery, the Latest Indoor Gardening Trend

By Sandi Schwartz

Best Tomato Cages

The 6 Best Tomato Cages for an Abundant Tomato Harvest

By Jenn Ryan, Jasmine Harding, Amber Guetebier

A gardener holding a cucumber on a vine in a vegetable garden.

I Nearly Ruined My Cucumber Patch Because I Ignored This Important Garden Practice

By Audrey Stallsmith

The Best Compost Bins Options

The 8 Best Compost Bins

By Debbie Wolfe, Jenn Ryan

The Best Wasp Spray Options

The 6 Best Wasp Sprays for Safe and Quick Wasp Nest Control

By Tony Carrick

plant propagation - planting seed

The Controversial Hack for Free Plants Is Dividing Gardeners—And It May Even Be Illegal

By Sophie Kaemmerlé

Ants swarm over a peony bud, attracted by the sweet sticky substance it oozes.

5 Plants That Ants Love (and You Won’t Want to Plant Around Your House Perimeter)

By Sandi Schwartz

Fertilizing potted plants with used coffee grounds.

Perk Up These 15 Plants By Feeding Them Your Used Coffee Grounds

By Gretchen Heber

Mom and daughter using shovels in flower bed.

For Nonstop Garden Color, Try These 11 Long-Blooming Perennial Flowers

By Audrey Stallsmith

The Best Automatic Plant Waterer Options

The Best Automatic Plant Waterers to Keep Plants Hydrated, Even When You’re Away

By Glenda Taylor

Best Wasp Traps

We Tested the Top Wasp Traps—Here’s What’s Worth Buying

By Tony Carrick, Paul Rankin

Five boxelder bugs crawl on a wooden surface.

How to Get Rid of Boxelder Bugs

By Bob Vila, Updated by Paul Rankin

A squirrel climbs a wooden picket fence.

8 Ways to Get Rid of Squirrels on Your Property Without Harming Them

By Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

Ripe red tomatoes hanging on a tomato plant.

11 Common Tomato Plant Problems and How to Fix Them

By Debbie Wolfe

The best ultrasonic pest repeller in a garden next to undisturbed growing onions.

We Researched the Best Ultrasonic Pest Repellers—Our Favorite Covers 1,200 Square Feet

Woman with white hat making herbal bouquets and wreaths

7 Herbs to Grow in Your Cut Flower Garden (Yes, Really)

By Sandi Schwartz

A tick crawling on a gardener's shirt.

An Expert Gardener’s Best Advice for Avoiding Ticks This Season

By Sandi Schwartz

Colorful hydrangeas blooming in a suburban yard.

Here’s Why Your Hydrangeas Didn’t Bloom This Year—and What You Can Do About It

By Sandi Schwartz

A thriving shade garden filled with flowering plants that bloom in the shade.

Yes, There Are Flowers That Grow in Shade—These Are Our 10 Favorites

By Audrey Stallsmith

The Best pH Meters

To Our Surprise, This pH Meter Was The Most Accurate Model We Tested

By Paul Rankin, Jenn Ryan

A potted plant surrounded by various supplies to help get rid of gnats.

How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats: 4 Remedies That Work

By Audrey Stallsmith, Phillip Tinner

Back to the Roots Olla Pots buried with potted hydrangea and tomato plant

My Secret for Keeping Thirsty Plants Watered Is On Sale for Under $10 Right Now

By Kathleen Corlett

A tick bites skin.

Tick Bite ER Visits and Infections Surge to Record Levels, With the Northeast Recording the Worst Season in Years

By Sophie Kaemmerlé

Wide view of friends enjoying party in backyard

Outdoor Living Is Hot Again: Here Are the Biggest Projects for Homeowners’ Yards This Year

By Sandi Schwartz

Tick on leaf near person

How to Get Rid of Ticks In Your Yard

By Jennifer Noonan

Close up view of a brown and black Japanese beetle on a plant leaf.

9 Ways to Rid Your Garden of Japanese Beetles

By Rachel Brougham

The Best Mosquito Trap Option

We Tested Mosquito Traps for 6 Weeks—These Models Worked Best

By Glenda Taylor, Debbie Wolfe, Paul Rankin

A spider plant with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

How to Care for Spider Plants for Low-Maintenance, Pet-Friendly Indoor Greenery

By Audrey Stallsmith

How to Attract Hummingbirds to the Garden

6 Surefire Ways to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Yard

By Margaret Foley, Jennifer Noonan

A backyard herb garden in the summer.

11 Herb Garden Ideas to Try This Summer—No Matter How Much Space You Have

A can of Cutter bug control spray being sprayed on a lawn

Best Mosquito Control Sprays and Foggers for a Bite-Free Summer

By Timothy Dale

Colorful flowering ground covers planted along a backyard fence.

10 Flowering Ground Covers That Will Bring a Pop of Color to Your Landscape

By Audrey Stallsmith

An ant climbs a small yellow flower.

12 Plants That Repel Ants Naturally

By Audrey Stallsmith, Teresa Odle

A thriving garden in June full of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs.

What to Plant in June: 19 Fruits, Flowers, and Veggies You Can Start Now

By Amber Guetebier

A small patch of strawberries growing on a sunny day.

These Are the 9 Best Plants to Grow Alongside Strawberries This Summer

By Audrey Stallsmith

The Best Place to Buy Outdoor Plants Online Options

The 19 Best Places to Buy Outdoor Plants Online

By Carol Benton, Amanda Tarlton, Debbie Wolfe

The Best Electric Tiller Options set up together on grass

We Tested a Dozen Electric Tillers—Only Half Made The Cut

By Mark Wolfe, James Fitzgerald, Tony Carrick

Woman taking care of plants and herbs in her garden.

Ornamentals vs. Edibles—Why Not Both? How to Achieve Our Favorite Garden Design Trend in Your Yard

By Sandi Schwartz

The Best Insecticides for Aphids

These Insecticides for Aphids Are an Effective Last Line of Defense

By Jasmine Harding

A gardener planting flowers in pots for a container garden.

These Are the 11 Best Flowering Plants for Pots

A pest control specialist sprays a solution on a lawn.

The 3 Best DIY Pest Control Subscription Services in America

By Tony Carrick, Evelyn Auer

Tumble of Strawberries

How to Grow Strawberries

By Audrey Stallsmith, Teresa Odle

The Best Fertilizer for Tomatoes Options

The Best Fertilizers for Tomatoes for a Big, Juicy, Flavorful Harvest

By Mark Wolfe, Tom Scalisi

Cattle panel trellises installed in raised garden beds for growing vining vegetable plants.

How to Build a Cattle Panel Trellis—the Ultimate Accessory for Your Vegetable Garden

By Lauren Landers

Birds eye view of a woman gardener weeding an organic vegetable garden with a hand fork, while kneeling on green grass.

These Are the Biggest Mistakes You Can Make With Companion Planting, According to Expert Gardeners

By Sandi Schwartz

closeup-of-growing-onion-plantation-picture-id910616490

How to Grow Onions

By Audrey Stallsmith, Teresa Odle

Flowering lily of the valley shrub in bloom

5 Easier Options Than These Temperamental Plants

By Sandi Schwartz

The Best Ant Killer Option

Our Favorite Ant Killer is People and Pet Safe

By Timothy Dale

Glow in the dark Firefly Petunia glowing in the dark.

Have You Considered Glow-in-the-Dark Flowers for Your Hanging Baskets This Spring? It’s a Thing Now!

By Debbie Wolfe