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Close up view of a cricket on a wood table.

How to Get Rid of Crickets

By Brenda Silva, Bob Vila Staff

A Long-tailed Tit is standing on a branch of blackberries.

12 Ways to Keep Birds from Eating Your Garden Berries

Mature woman in blue shirt prunes a tomato plant.

Pruning Tomato Plants: 6 Mistakes Most First-Time Gardeners Make

By Lori Lovely, Updated by Gretchen Heber

A close up of phorid flies.

How to Get Rid of Phorid Flies in 7 Steps—Even If You’ve Tried Everything

By Kaytlyn Smith

A big tomato hornworm eating a tomato plant at night, illuminated by a blacklight flashlight.

This Is the Secret to Getting Rid of Tomato Hornworms Naturally

By Lauren Landers

A woman in denim overalls sprays her garden using a pump sprayer.

Homemade Insecticidal Soap Recipe: Kill Garden Bugs Naturally

By Glenda Taylor

Woman wearing yellow rubber gloves sprays weeds in her driveway.

How to Make Weed Killer: 6 Methods That Are Both Natural and Effective

By Glenda Taylor, Manasa Reddigari

A person holding a head of cabbage just harvested out of a home garden with a graphic overlay that says plant care 101.

How to Grow Cabbage for an Early Fall Harvest and Winter Storage

By Audrey Stallsmith

Several wasps are flying around and crawling on a large wasp nest hanging on a home.

10 Places to Check for Wasp Nests Right Now

By Savannah Sher

A person holding a bunch of okra harvested from a home garden.

How to Grow Okra in Your Home Garden

By Audrey Stallsmith

Mother pushes young son through a summertime vegetable garden.

What to Plant in July to Get the Absolute Most Out of Your Garden

By Lauren Landers

A group of recently harvested parsnips on the soil in a home garden.

How to Grow Parsnips in Your Home Garden

A curled up cutworm next to vegetable plant damage in a home garden.

How to Get Rid of Cutworms Safely—the Remedy Is Likely in Your Bathroom Right Now

By Amber Guetebier

Green tomatillo growing in garden.

How to Grow Tomatillos at Home (Hint: You’ll Need at Least 2 Plants)

By Audrey Stallsmith

A group of the best gardening shoes together on a potting bench before testing.

The Best Gardening Shoes to Keep Your Feet Dry, Tested

By Debbie Wolfe, Additional research provided by Steph Coelho

A fig tree in a residential yard with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

Expand Your Edible Landscape by Learning How to Grow Fig Trees at Home

Photo of a couple working on a raised garden bed in their yard by the river. The man pours a bag of soil into the bed, standing next to a wheelbarrow.

This Is the Best Way to Fill a Raised Garden Bed—Plus 4 Alternative Methods

Chickpeas growing in a home garden with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

How to Grow Chickpeas in Your Home Garden

An aerial view of a lush lawn.

3 Pros Answer Your Question: What’s The Best Advice for Beginners to Lawn Care and Gardening?

A woman gardens on a sunny day.

You Asked, Pros Answered: What Is the Most Underrated Edible Plant or Crop?

Edited by Sophie Kaemmerlé

On a kitchen counter, tools and materials needed to make hummingbird food, including teakettle, measuring cup, and sugar.

How to Make Hummingbird Food

By Michelle Ullman

A close up view of a dry cicada shell.

Are Cicada Exoskeletons Good for the Garden?

A chaos garden outside a residential home in a suburban neighborhood.

What Is Chaos Gardening? It’s Not as Simple as It Sounds

By Debbie Wolfe

Tall yellow sunflowers growing in a home garden.

How to Grow Picture-Perfect Sunflowers at Home

Gardener planting lettuce seedlings in the garden.

The 16 Easiest-to-Grow Vegetables for Novice Gardeners

By Jennifer Noonan, Gretchen Heber

Deer looking through a wire fence

The Best Deer Repellents for Your Lawn and Garden

By Jasmine Harding

Man spraying chemicals under a kitchen counter

The Best Carpenter Ant Killers to Protect Your Wood Structures

By Tony Carrick

A person is picking tomatoes from a tomato plant in a garden.

Succession Planting: 6 Tips to Multiply Your Harvest This Year

By Debbie Wolfe, Teresa Odle

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

How to Grow Rhododendrons for Pops of Color in Your Home Landscape

By Audrey Stallsmith

An organized vegetable garden layout in a suburban backyard.

How to Lay Out a Vegetable Garden for the Best Possible Harvest

By Lauren Landers

Dill weed growing in a small planter with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

How to Grow Dill Successfully in Your Home Garden

By Audrey Stallsmith

A large ornamental garden with bright flowers and stone walkway.

11 Romantic Plants (Other Than Roses) to Add to Your Garden This Year

A collection of the best watering cans in a garden cart before testing.

Tested Review: The Best Watering Cans for Your Garden

By Mark Wolfe, Additional research provided by Tiffany Lewis, Heather Blackmore

A person planting in a raised bed using the Miracle-Gro Performance Organics Raised Bed Mix.

The Best Bagged Compost for Garden Soil

By Lauraine Velez

A person kneeling next to a garden bed planting flowers and vegetables in May.

What to Plant in May for a Thriving Spring, Summer, and Even Fall Garden

By Audrey Stallsmith

A person holding an edamame plant in a home garden with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

How to Grow Edamame in Your Home Garden

By Audrey Stallsmith

The Lettuce Grow Farmstand full of growing plants in a home during testing.

A Review of the Lettuce Grow Farmstand: Is It Worth the Price?

A group of the best self-watering planters outside before testing.

The Best Self-Watering Planters for Low-Maintenance Gardens, Tested

By Debbie Wolfe, Additional research provided by Jenn Ryan

Person using garden tool planting sedum plant.

17 Drought-Tolerant Plants That Can Survive Dry Spells

By Teresa Odle, Jennifer Noonan

A garden path is lined by native plants, mulch, and large stones.

12 Reasons to Plant Native Instead of Non-Native Plants

A person watering her rooftop garden.

Who Needs a Yard When You Can Garden on a Roof?

By Sandi Schwartz

A person in a hazmat suit uses a tool to spray a pest control solution in a kitchen.

How to Get a Pest Control License in Every U.S. State

By Katie Flannery

A weed-free vegetable garden in a suburban backyard.

Weed-Free Gardening: 7 Tips to Get Weeds Under Control for Good

By Lauren Landers

A ripening cantaloupe in a home garden with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

How to Grow Cantaloupe—or Muskmelon—at Home

By Audrey Stallsmith

A close-up view of a wet hammerhead worm.

How to Get Rid of Invasive Hammerhead Worms

A female gardener planting something in sandy garden soil.

Yes, It’s Possible to Grow a Thriving Garden With Sandy Soil—Here’s How

By Lauren Landers

Catnip growing in a long planter on a shelf outdoors with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

How to Grow Catnip to Repel Pests, Flavor Your Food, and Entertain Your Pet

By Audrey Stallsmith

Beware of These 14 Pests That Only Come Out at Night

Beware of These 14 Pests That Only Come Out at Night

By Nicole Shein, Steph Coelho

The 26 Best Plants for Bathroom Decor

The 26 Best Plants for Bathroom Decor

By Marisa Villarreal, Margaret Foley

Plant These 12 Hydrangeas for a Showstopping Garden

Plant These 12 Hydrangeas for a Showstopping Garden

By Teresa Odle, Mackenzie Miller

15 Fascinating Flowers That Bloom Only at Night

15 Fascinating Flowers That Bloom Only at Night

By Jennifer Noonan, Kat Hodgins

Person jars colorful vegetables.

The 10 Best Vegetables to Grow for Water Bath Canning

By Lauren Landers

Colorful root vegetables.

The 10 Best Vegetables to Grow for Winter Storage

By Lauren Landers

A blueberry bush with ripe blueberries and a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

Dreaming of a Backyard Food Forest? Get Started by Learning How to Grow Blueberries

By Amber Guetebier

A-terrier-dog-runs-with-a-plastic-water-bottle-in-his-mouth.

12 Simple Ways to Improve Your Piece of Earth

A group of LED grow lights together before testing.

The Best LED Grow Lights for Indoor Plants and Veggies, Tested

By Debbie Wolfe, Mark Wolfe, Savannah Sher

Epsom salt in gloved hand near plants.

How to Use Epsom Salt for Plants

By Teresa Odle, Andreana Lefton

A mole pokes out of its burrow.

Effective and Humane Ways to Get Rid of Moles (and Take Back Your Lawn)

By Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer

How to Make a Carpenter Bee Trap

How to Make a Carpenter Bee Trap

By Brie Greenhalgh

A mound of dirt is on a green lawn.

How to Hire a Topsoil Delivery Company

By Miranda Siwak, Evelyn Auer

A close up of a flea bomb can being sprayed in a living room.

Do Flea Bombs Actually Work? What You Need to Know Before Buying

By Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

Assorted gladiolus flowers growing in a home garden bed.

How to Grow Gladiolus in Your Home Landscape

By Amber Guetebier

A shady perennial garden in a residential neighborhood filled with flowers and foliage that can tolerate shade.

These Are the Best Perennials for Shady Spots in Your Yard

By Audrey Stallsmith

Vick's VapoRub packaging and jar.

7 Ways to Use Vicks VapoRub in the Garden

By Deirdre Mundorf