Gardening Tips

Here you'll find quick and easy gardening tips to help you avoid mistakes, fix problems, and maximize your harvest in your garden.

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15 Easy Ways to DIY Your Garden Paths

Pathways add charm to the yard! They’re essential parts of a cohesive garden design. Depending on how you want the garden to look, use a natural, wild style or a formal, geometric one. You can do it yourself! Start with one of these 15 easy methods to create your garden paths, from former landscaper Jerad Bryant.

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Plant These 15 Garden Crops in May

It's the magical month of May, and we are getting busy in the garden. There are so many great crops to plant this month. Join Florida gardener Melissa Strauss to hear about what the Epic crew is planting this May!

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15 Garden Tasks To Do in May

We've made it to May, and the gardening season is underway! Is your yard ready for the season? Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has some tasks you should consider to get your space into tip-top growing condition.

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19 Plants Voles Don’t Eat: Our Top Picks

Voles are troublesome rodents that eat tender crops, flowers, and herbs! They’re difficult to control once they’re present. Grow plants that they don’t like eating to prevent them from establishing in your yard. Seasoned grower Jerad Bryant shares 19 of the best ones to try.

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15 Garden Plants You Almost Never Need to Water

As dry weather becomes more frequent and longer-lasting each summer, growing drought-tolerant plants is crucial in creating a durable, reliable, and low-maintenance garden. Try one of these garden plants that rarely need water; seasoned grower Jerad Bryant shares 15 of the best ones below.

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How Long Can You Leave Plants in the Nursery Pot?

Is your plant still living in its original container? It’s sometimes hard to know when to leave plants in their nursery pots and when to take them out. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum explains when is the best time to ditch the nursery pot for a new container.

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How to Start Your Own Pollinator Garden in Pots or Containers

Awakening bumblebee queens, emerging butterflies, migrating hummingbirds - these are all signs of spring signaling for us to create a potted pollinator garden in hospitality to the locals. Pollinators and beneficial insects enrich biodiversity, manage pests, and keep ornamentals and vegetables healthy and productive. Here, gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines the essentials to create a buzzing pollinator container garden at any scale.

The sunny garden terrace features a variety of healthy container plants including tomatoes, lettuce, thyme, rosemary, lemongrass, flowering begonias, purple sweet alyssum and more.

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9 Ways to Grow Healthier Container Plants

Small gardens, porches, and patios are perfect for container gardening! Containers allow for easy transporting, cultivating, and harvesting. Seasoned grower Jerad Bryant shares nine easy ways to encourage healthy and robust growth from your potted plants.