Plants

These single stem flowers are here for a good time, not a long time—they won't produce more flowers if you deadhead them.

Access to fresh herbs is a culinary hack, and these shrubs can fill out your garden too.

You don't have to rely on perennials to fill in your flowerbeds.

Make your fall and winter garden fluffier and more colorful by filling it with ornamental kale and cabbage.

It's time to bust some gardening myths.

Be deliberate about what colors you plant in the garden, and where.

Everyone makes the same mistakes when they're starting out, so why not avoid them?

Keeping some vinegar around to sanitize tools works great. Using it for much else in the garden is questionable.

These systems are a splurge, but can you really put a price on fresh basil and tomatoes in January?

Eco lawns are great for the environment—and they're much easier to maintain.

Lawns use up a ton of resources, but some grasses are less bad than others.

Ridding your home of fungus gnats requires healthy doses of both prevention and treatment.

Plan right and you can have berries from May through September.

Here's what you should order now to have the best fall gardening season.

It makes sense to try and reuse water, but cooking water isn't as benign as you'd think.

Sometimes you have to pull the plug on your green things, whether inside or out.

Keep your garden full of color from spring to fall without having to plant annuals.

Create an easy, unfussy vegetable garden your kids will love.

July is the time to appreciate all your hard work—and eat your body weight in berries.

It's time to reset your seed station now, and start thinking about fall seedlings and perennials.