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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

The Best pH Meters of 2026, Expert-Tested and Reviewed

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

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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

A red cabbage plant serving as a companion plant between two fruiting cucumber plants in a raised garden bed.

15 Companion Plants for Cucumbers—and 5 to Keep Away—for the Best Harvest

By Amber Guetebier

Large zucchini growing from garden plant.

15 Companion Plants for Zucchini—and 5 to Keep Separate—for the Ultimate Summer Harvest

By Lauren Landers

A collage of all the best potting benches tested in 2024.

We Put The Best Potting Benches Through 6 Weeks of Testing. Here Are Our Best Performing Choices

By Debbie Wolfe, Glenda Taylor

Birds eye view of a gardener using plastic bottles as cloches over seedlings in a gardening bed.

20 Dirt-Cheap Ways to Maintain Your Garden This Season

By Kelsey Savage, Updated by Teresa Odle

The Secret Reason You Can’t Stop Shopping The Home Depot’s Garden Center

By Sophie Kaemmerlé

Person Holding a White Seed Putting it on a Pot with Soil

Editor-Favorite Seeds for Proven Performance and Exceptional Flavor

By Katie Barton

Brian Brigantti, viral homesteader, in his garden.

Brian Brigantti—aka @RedleafRanch—Shares His Top 5 Tips for Beginner Gardeners

By BobVila.com Staff

Brian Brigantti, a viral homesteader, in his garden.

TikTok-Viral Gardener Brian Brigantti Spills His Secret to Abundance With ‘Zero’ Experience

By Sophie Kaemmerlé

The Best Carpenter Bee Trap Options

This Product Could Save You Hundreds or Even Thousands in Repairs

By Timothy Dale

A mom and daughter potting up tomato plants to grow at home this summer.

Experts Say You’ll Want to Grow This Humble Plant in Your Backyard This Summer

By Sandi Schwartz

Red tomatoes growing in a garden.

15 Companion Plants for Tomatoes—and 5 to Avoid—for Your Best Crop Yet

By Amber Guetebier

A basket of colorful vegetables sitting next to bright yellow flowers outside in a garden

These Flowers Deserve a Spot in Your Vegetable Garden (Yes, Really)

By Sandi Schwartz

White brick house with red shutters and foundation plants in the front yard

7 Plants That Look Great Around the Foundation—and 3 Never to Grow There

By Sandi Schwartz

Tick walking on a piece of grass being held by a human hand.

5 Plants That Repel Ticks and Keep Them Away

By Sandi Schwartz

What to Do When You Find Ticks in the House

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

The Best Grow Bags

We Used Grow Bags to Grow Thriving Plants—These Were Our Favorites

By Debbie Wolfe, Jenn Ryan

Flying Pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) action shot of hunting animal on wooden attic of city church. This species is know for roosting and living in urban areas in Europe and Asia.

How to Get Rid of Bats—and Keep Them Away for Good

By Tony Carrick, Gretchen Heber

Illustrated map of United States labeled with color coded plant hardiness zones.

Understanding USDA Plant Hardiness Zones

By Glenda Taylor, Gretchen Heber

Middle age woman worker in plaid shirt checking growing red peonies in the garden.

7 of the Longest Living Plants for Your Home Landscape

By Sandi Schwartz

The leaves of several horseradish plants.

How to Grow Horseradish in Your Home Garden

By Audrey Stallsmith

Close up view of grass seeds coming out of a handheld seed spreader.

The Best Grub Killers for a Healthy Lawn

By Mark Wolfe, Tony Carrick

The Best Slug Killer

Our Favorite Slug Killer is Natural, Effective, and Water Resistant

By Timothy Dale

A cute groundhogs sits in a field of grass and flowers.

How to Get Rid of Groundhogs Without Harming Them

By Danielle Fallon-O'Leary, Evelyn Auer

A person in work boots using a shovel to work in garden soil.

4 Types of Soil Every Gardener Should Know

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle