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Pink, spiky fruits of Ricinus Communis, or Castor bean plant.

19 Plants You Should Never Grow in Your Yard

By Jennifer Noonan, Updated by Teresa Odle

Homemade cut flower bouquet from the garden in a clear glass vase.

15 Cut Flowers to Grow for Stunning Homemade Bouquets

By Lauren Landers

Fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) on the corn leaf

How to Get Rid of Armyworms

By Jasmine Harding

A woman is harvesting vegetables from her raised bed garden.

How to Grow a Cut and Come Again Garden for an Endless Supply of Fresh Veggies, Herbs, and Flowers All Season Long

A large ornamental grass with large feathery plumes surrounded by other bright flowers.

The 22 Best Ornamental Grasses for Adding Drama to Your Property

By Glenda Taylor, Teresa Odle

A window planter with an assortment of colorful flowering platns.

20 Plants That Are Perfect for Window Boxes

By Kat Hodgins, Jennifer Noonan, Updated by Gretchen Heber

Trails of leaf miner insect damage on tree leaves.

How to Get Rid of Leaf Miners Organically

By Audrey Stallsmith

how to get rid of ladybugs

How to Get Rid of Ladybugs

By Jennifer Noonan

philodendron plant care 101 - how to grow philodendron indoors

Philodendron Care 101

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila Staff

lemon tree plant care 101 - how to grow lemon tree indoors

How to Grow Lemon Trees Indoors

Two female gardeners working in an urban vegetable garden

How Soil Amendments Can Improve Your Garden

By Mark Wolfe, Gretchen Heber

A container garden of various colored perennial plants.

Can You Plant Perennials in Pots?

By Audrey Stallsmith

A woman is holding many hydrangea plants.

It’s Not You, It’s Your Garden Soil’s pH: 11 Acid-Loving Plants That Can Thrive Where Others Die

By Audrey Stallsmith

Man pushing wheelbarrow full of weeds from garden.

Can You Compost Weeds? Experts Weigh In

Nasturtium growing in a home garden.

This Might Be the Ultimate Companion Plant for Your Vegetable Garden—and It’s a Cinch to Grow

By Audrey Stallsmith

Two houseplants alongside ingredients needed to make homemade plant food.

Homemade Plant Food Recipe for Indoor and Outdoor Plants

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

A garden full of flowering shrubs with a wooden cabin in the background.

13 Flowering Shrubs for the Most Eye-Catching Home Landscape

A close up portrait of a striped chipmunk in a colorful bed of flowers.

How to Get Rid of Chipmunks

By Andreana Lefton, Bob Vila

Person holds a trowel that contains granules of plant fertilizer.

What Do Fertilizer Numbers Mean?

By Mark Wolfe, Teresa Odle

Person wearing gardening gloves pulls hosta plants apart.

How to Split Hostas

By Steph Coelho

Two shelves of potted plants at a home improvement center, with a "Clearance" sign hanging from one shelf.

The Year’s Best Plant Bargains Are On Now—But Read This Before You Buy

By Deirdre Mundorf

A person's hand is touching ground cover plants.

8 Edible Ground Covers for Foodscape Gardens

By Lauren Landers

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

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?

By Bob Vila Staff

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

Tested Review: 2024’s Best Watering Cans for Your Garden

Tested Review: 2024’s 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