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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

A long keyhole garden bed with two concave sections is mostly full of leafy green vegetables.

Keyhole Gardening: What You Need to Know to Get Started

By Glenda Taylor, Updated by Teresa Odle

A gardener harvesting cold-hardy crops from a fall vegetable garden with companion planting.

Fall Companion Planting: 7 Keys to Success, According to Experts

By Sandi Schwartz

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, BobVila.com 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, BobVila.com 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 BobVila.com 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