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Mother and daughter having gardening time outside on the front yard of their suburban house in the Spring.

Permeable Hardscaping and 7 Other Outdoor Living Trends to Know Before Summer

By Sandi Schwartz

The Best Organic Fertilizer Options

The Best Organic Fertilizers that Work on (Almost) All Plant Types

A gardener filling plant beds with soil during a winter warm up.

7 Late-Winter Gardening Chores to Do Right Now

By Lauren Landers

The Best Garden Cart Options on a large lawn in front of evergreens

We Hauled More Than a Ton of Supplies to Find the 6 Best Garden Carts

By Glenda Taylor, Mark Wolfe

A variety of plant starts and seedings in black trays, including lettuces, broccoli and other vegetables.

I’m an Avid Gardener, and These Are My 10 Go-To Seed Companies

By Audrey Stallsmith

The Best Tick Spray For Yard Option

Our Favorite Tick Spray Is Safe for Kids and Pets

By Timothy Dale

Young woman taking care of several houseplants

When and How to Fertilize Your Houseplants, No Matter the Type

By Sandi Schwartz

The Best Soil For Strawberries Options

The Best Soil for Strawberries

By Glenda Taylor

The Best Soil for Blueberries Options

The Best Soil for Blueberries to Get the Right pH Level

By Savannah Sher

Hands pressing young tomato plant into soil

The Best Soil for Tomatoes

By Glenda Taylor

The best soil for raised beds options sits outside on the ground next to several thriving raised beds

The Best Soils for Raised Garden Beds

By Steph Coelho, Stacey L. Nash

Multiple soil test kits lined up on a table

The Best Soil Test Kits According to Our Tests

By Glenda Taylor

The Best Rooting Hormone Options

Propagate New Plants With Our Favorite Rooting Hormone

The Best Fertilizers for Hydrangeas Options

The Best Fertilizers for Hydrangeas

By Glenda Taylor

Tomato Hornworm with a red flower backdrop.

How to Get Rid of Caterpillars

By Brenda Silva

A stunning backyard landscape with flowering and non-flowering plants.

11 Plants That Look Stunning in a Home Landscape With or Without Blooms

A house and yard with a blooming dogwood tree in the foreground.

10 Types of Dogwood Trees to Beautify Your Yard Year-Round

By Audrey Stallsmith

Insects tapped on window by sticky paper.

Pest Predictions: 2025 Could Be a Doozy for Many Households

By Sandi Schwartz

The Best Moisture Meters, Tested

The Best Moisture Meters, Tested and Reviewed

By Timothy Dale, Tom Scalisi

A woman in a yellow shirt prunes a lemon tree with shears.

How to Prune a Lemon Tree the Right Way

By Audrey Stallsmith

Wall of decorative artificial houseplants.

You Won’t Believe These 5 Houseplants Are Fake (and Better for Decorating Than Their Live Equivalents)

By Sandi Schwartz

A person gardening in their kitchen holding a small indoor hot pepper plant.

Our Favorite New Plants of 2024 and Why We Love Them

By Debbie Wolfe

Garlic cloves growing indoors in pots.

Yes, It’s Possible to Grow Garlic Indoors—Here’s How

A groundhog (right) and gopher (left).

Gopher vs. Groundhog: What’s the Difference?

By Deirdre Mundorf, Updated by Gretchen Heber

cyber monday hydroponic deals

Cyber Monday Is the Best Time to Splurge on a Self-Watering Garden

By Stephanie Cronk

A monstera plant with bright-green leaves climbs up a thick homemade moss pole.

How to Make a DIY Moss Pole for Climbing Houseplants

By Audrey Stallsmith

Best Gifts for Gardeners on blue background

The 30 Best Gifts for Gardeners That They’ll Actually Use

By Melissa Graham, Jasmine Harding

Close front-facing view of a coyote.

How to Keep Coyotes Away From Your Property

By Melissa Graham, Updated by Teresa Odle

Person holds a plant leaf between his or her hands in order to examine aphids on the leaf.

How to Get Rid of Aphids

By Jennifer Noonan, Audrey Stallsmith

A close-up view of a aluminum plant.

Aluminum Plant Care 101

By Audrey Stallsmith

Mother on ladder hands some newly trimmed ivy to her young sons, who are helping clean up.

How to Kill Ivy

Geraniums indoors in a window.

13 Plants You Can Winter Indoors

By Mark Wolfe, Updated by Teresa Odle

A woman with a pony tail and overalls plants fall flowers in pots.

10 Fall Flowers That Are Hardy in Cold Weather

By Audrey Stallsmith

A person pushes a small green lawn spreader around on a freshly mowed lawn

Here’s When to Apply Grub Control—and Why You Might Be Able to Skip It Entirely

By Audrey Stallsmith

A hydrangea flower dried up with snow piled atop it in the winter months.

How to Protect Hydrangeas in Winter so They Bounce Back Better Than Ever Come Spring

By Lauren Landers

A certified pollinator sign in front of a garden of tall wild flowers.

These Homeowners Killed Their Grass Lawns for Native Plants—and They Say You Should, Too

A slug on a comfrey leaf.

5 Ways to Get Rid of Slugs

By Jennifer Noonan

A large patch of hydrangeas, in hues that vary from blue to purple to pink.

How to Change the Color of Your Hydrangeas

By Steph Coelho

A butternut squash growing on a vine in a lush garden.

When to Harvest Butternut Squash for the Best Flavor

By Audrey Stallsmith

Best Potting Soil

We Researched The Best Potting Soil for Indoor Plants, See Our Favorite

By Amber Guetebier

A person potting houseplants.

7 Mistakes You’re Making With Potting Soil—and What to Do Instead

Smiling woman listening to music with wireless headphones near plants in garden.

How Music Can Enhance Your Garden

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman wearing jeans waters large potted plant with a green watering can.

The Dos and Don’ts of Watering Plants

By Glenda Taylor, Updated by Gretchen Heber

Large pumpkins and spooky plants in containers outside a front door.

11 Spooky Plants for Colorful Halloween Containers

By Lauren Landers

The Best Harvesting Tool Options

See Our Recommended Harvesting Tools for This Year’s Garden Bounty

By Jasmine Harding

White house with green shutters in the background of an overgrown garden.

This Low-Maintenance Garden Trend Can Also Improve Your Home Value

By Sandi Schwartz

Close-up of teal hydrangea flowers.

How to Showcase the 2025 Garden Color of the Year in Your Yard

By Sandi Schwartz

A wheelbarrow of manure compost next to a vegetable garden.

Now Is the Time to Add This Hard-Working Soil Amendment to Your Vegetable Garden

By Lauren Landers

Person inserts a soil test probe into a hole in a grassy yard.

How to Test Soil pH

A bee pollinating a purple ornamental flower.

The Number One Thing You Can Do to Help Protect Native Bees Where You Live, According to New Research

By Sandi Schwartz

Bags of commercial vermiculite and perlite on a table with a pot and some succulents.

Vermiculite vs. Perlite: Which is Best for Your Potted Plants?

By Audrey Stallsmith

The Best Rain Chain Options

The Best Rain Chains for Fun and Functional Home Water Management

An owl standing in tall grass in a yard.

4 Ways to Attract Owls to Your Yard—And Why You Should

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Vila

Mole vs. Vole Damage

You Asked, a Pro Answered: A Pest Is Making My Lawn Feel Like I’m Walking on a Mattress—What Can I Do?

Edited by Sophie Kaemmerlé

flower bed ideas

32 Inspiring Flower Bed Ideas for Yards of Any Size

By Deirdre Mundorf

A bagworm pupa hangs from a thin tree branch.

How to Get Rid of Bagworms

A view of a springtail farm.

You Asked, a Pro Answered: What Are These Small, Tiny Jumping Bugs That Come Up My Bathtub Drain?

By BobVila.com Staff

The Bio Green Palma Heater: A Hands-On Review

The Bio Green Palma Heater: A Hands-On Review

Person's hand holding seeds and placing them in soil.

5 Smart Ways to Get Free Seeds for Your Home Garden

By Sandi Schwartz

A group of fresh radishes harvested from a home garden with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

How to Grow Radishes (in the Ground, in Raised Beds, or in Containers)

By Lauren Landers

Bags of both potting soil and garden soil, side by side surrounded by a few terra cotta garden pots.

Garden Soil vs. Potting Soil: What’s the Difference?

By Mark Wolfe, Teresa Odle

Got Pests? Our Next Webinar “How to Prevent & Eliminate Pest Invasions” Is For You!

Got Pests? Our Next Webinar “How to Prevent & Eliminate Pest Invasions” Is For You!

By BobVila.com Staff

The Best Pitchfork Options

The Best Pitchforks for Gardening or Yard Work, Tested

By Mark Wolfe, Tom Scalisi

A cluster of fully bloomed calla lily flowers stand tightly together, their stamens visible.

11 Stunning Black Flowers to Grow for Garden Drama

By Lauren Landers