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Gardening (Page 7)

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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

A person holding a handful of rich garden soil.

What on Earth Is Humus—and Why Should Homeowners Care?

Spicy red and green pepper plants.

15 Companion Plants for Peppers—Plus 5 to Keep at a Distance—for the Healthiest Harvest

Gloved hands spraying pink flowers on tree.

15 Natural Pest-Control Strategies for Your Yard and Garden

Person carrying tray of seedlings in shade.

How to Harden Off Plants and Seedlings

By Audrey Stallsmith

A long row of mature red bell peppers growing on home-grown plants.

How to Grow Bell Peppers Practically Anywhere

By Amber Guetebier

A wet rain garden with native plants and flowers.

The Best Native Plants to Grow in Soggy Gardens (by Region)

By Lauren Landers

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Avocado Plant Care 101

By Audrey Stallsmith, BobVila.com Staff

Colorful snapdragon flowers growing in a residential yard with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

How to Grow Snapdragons for an Easy Curb Appeal Boost

The Safer Home Indoor Fly Trap set out on a wood floor in its individual parts with its packaging before testing.

Why Every Plant Parent Needs This Popular Plug-In Fly Trap

By Jenny Stanley

Mole vs. Vole Damage

Mole vs. Vole Damage—3 Key Differences for Identification (and What to Do About Each Pest)

By Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

Beets planted in a garden with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

How to Grow Beets for a Superfood Supply in Your Own Backyard

By Audrey Stallsmith

Person tending vegetable plant garden with straw mulch.

How to Use Straw Mulch for Vegetable Gardening

By Amber Guetebier

Bumpy green frog sitting on red tomato in garden.

How to Attract Frogs and Toads to Your Yard—and Why You Should

By Lauren Landers

A-person-in-rubber-boots-uses-a-spade-to-dig-up-a-plant-that-looks-dead.

Is My Plant Dead or Dormant?

By Lori Lovely, Amy Anderson

A-young-woman-holds-a-large-tropical-plant-in-a-pot-as-she-decorates-her-living-room.

7 Tips for Growing Big Plants Indoors

Person using silver water can to water potted plant.

Are You Using the Wrong Kind of Water on Your Houseplants?

Red clover mite sitting walking along cement platform.

How to Get Rid of Clover Mites—and Why You Should Never Squish Them

By Deirdre Mundorf

Farmer pulling potato plants from ground.

15 Companion Plants for Potatoes (and 5 to Avoid) for Better Yield

A soil blocker with beet seeds and a few blocks of wet soil on a kitchen table.

What Is Soil Blocking and Is It Worth It for Home Gardeners?

Eggshells sprinkled in the soil of a potted plant.

How to Use Eggshells for Plants (in the Garden or in Pots)

By Audrey Stallsmith

A pink peony in a home garden with a graphic overlay that says plant care 101.

How to Grow Peonies to Achieve the Ultimate Cottage Garden at Home

By Audrey Stallsmith

Succulents in glass terrarium.

How to Make a Terrarium in 5 Simple Steps

By Audrey Stallsmith

Many whiteflies on the undersides of a plant's leaves.

How to Get Rid of Whiteflies on Plants

By Glenda Taylor, BobVila.com Staff

A person planting celery seedlings in a home garden with a graphic overlay that says plant care 101.

How to Grow Celery for a Continuous Harvest All Season Long

Chairs and a dining table with a plant on it sitting next to patio doors in a modern open plan home

6 Places You Should Never Put a Plant Indoors—2 Will Surprise You

By Deirdre Mundorf

Best Mouse Trap Options for DIY Pest Maintenance

The Best Mouse Traps to Keep Your House Rodent-Free

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Beacham

Various palm houseplants in living room.

13 Stunning Palm Plants That Are Easy to Grow Indoors

By Audrey Stallsmith

A cast iron houseplant sitting on a window sill inside a house with a graphic overlay that says Plant Care 101.

This Cast Iron Plant Care Routine Is About as Easy as It Gets

By Audrey Stallsmith

A group of the best indoor gardens together on a tiered table before testing.

The Best Indoor Gardens for Flowers and Herbs, Tested

By Jenn Ryan, Glenda Taylor

How to Plant Garlic

How and When to Plant Garlic for Best Results

By Kelsey Savage

A dragon fruit plant growing in a home garden with plant care 101 graphic overlay.

How to Grow Dragon Fruit at Home

By Audrey Stallsmith

Hands holding a bunch of mint from a home garden.

How to Grow Mint (and Keep It Under Control) In Your Home Garden

By Audrey Stallsmith

A rhubarb plant growing in a home garden.

How to Grow Rhubarb

By Audrey Stallsmith

A house cat sitting under a spider plant houseplant that is safe for cats.

16 Houseplants That Are Safe for Cats

By Audrey Stallsmith

White room with many tropical houseplants hung from ceiling and in planters.

15 Tropical Plants You Can Grow Indoors (If It’s Too Cold Outside)

By Audrey Stallsmith

Woman pruning rose bush.

How to Prune Roses of All Types

By Audrey Stallsmith

How to Get Rid of Mealybugs

How to Get Rid of Mealybugs on Indoor and Outdoor Plants

By Katelin Hill, Gretchen Heber

Fresh vegetables from a backyard garden on wooden table.

10 Vegetables to Plant in Winter, No Matter Where You Live

By Audrey Stallsmith

A small sitting area in a living room near a window with several green houseplants.

15 Feng Shui Plants to Bring Good Energy Into Your Home

A light green pothos plant on a window sill with long vines.

How to Propagate Pothos Plants: 3 Foolproof Methods, According to Experts

By Audrey Stallsmith

Person holding open terrarium.

The 14 Best Terrarium Plants for Miniature Indoor Gardens

By Audrey Stallsmith

Potted plant with yellow and red flowers.

Beyond Poinsettias: 23 Houseplants That Bloom in Winter

By Heather Blackmore

Three houseplants with a bottom watering bucket and watering can in a home kitchen.

What Is “Bottom Watering,” Anyway?

By Audrey Stallsmith

A group of inch plants with a Plant Care 101 graphic overlay.

Inch Plant Care 101: How to Grow Spiderwort Indoors

A close view of a flower bed with mulch where a woman gardener kneels nearby where she has just put down her trowel.

This Is the Best Mulch for Flower Beds

By Henry J Bravo

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Sci-Fi in the Garden: How to Transform Your Garden to Reflect the “Hortifuturism” Trend

By Sandi Schwartz

Ginger root with green sprout on a wooden background. Close up.

How to Grow Ginger at Home

By Savannah Sher, Gretchen Heber

Close view of clusters of elderberries growing on an elderberry bush

How to Grow Elderberry

By Audrey Stallsmith

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Pothos Plant Care

workers planted flower bulbs in town park

How to Plant Bulbs in Fall

By Kelsey Savage, Gretchen Heber

Composting 101: How to Put Kitchen and Yard Waste to Work in Your Garden

By Mark Wolfe, Jennifer Noonan

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Monstera Plant Care 101

By Glenda Taylor

calathea plant care 101 - how to grow calathea plant indoors

Calathea Care 101

By Glenda Taylor

Close up of human hands, sowing chilli pepper seeds in eggshells and carton.

How to Save Seeds

By Jennifer Noonan, Gretchen Heber

bright indirect light

What Is “Bright, Indirect Light,” Anyway?

By Audrey Stallsmith

25 No-Effort Plants for a Foolproof Landscape

25 No-Effort Plants for a Foolproof Landscape

By BobVila.com Staff

8 Themed Gardens to Inspire You This Summer

8 Themed Gardens to Inspire You This Summer

By Stacey L. Nash