Gardening

All about gardening - we have many in-depth guides about edibles, ornamentals, houseplants, and much more. We provide answers for your garden issues!

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Ornamental Gardens

9 Bamboo Alternatives for Your Home Garden Screens

Bamboo can be both beautiful and extremely aggressive in its growth habits. It makes a beautiful screen but at what cost to the rest of your yard? In this article, Florida gardener Melissa Strauss discusses some attractive alternatives to bamboo that provide privacy and won't take over the entire landscape.

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Edible

8 Potato-Growing Hacks for the Best Harvest

These hacks help you harvest the most potatoes possible! They’ll guide you to your biggest yields whether you garden in raised beds, containers, or on acres of farmland. Discover these nine potato-growing tips from Epic Gardening founder Kevin Espiritu and potato farmer Tyler Heppell.

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Vegetables

9 Cucumber Growing Tips to Try This Season

Cucumbers, sliced or pickled, are favorites fresh from the summer garden and the easygoing vines and prolific producers. A few benchmarks of cucumber care promote the best yields and overall vigor. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe highlights top tips for enjoying outstanding cucumbers right off the stem.

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Flowers

7 Reasons Your Tulips Are Not Blooming

It can be frustrating to put time and effort into the garden and then have disappointing results. When tulips fail to bloom, there are several factors to explore. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to uncover some common reasons why your spring beauties aren't living up to their potential.

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Flowers

11 Pro Tips for Getting Your Tulips to Rebloom

Tulips epitomize spring splendor. Though they're often grown as annuals, you can get your tulips to rebloom with a few essential care techniques improve success. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores options for getting tulips to bloom again and how to care for the bulbs post-flowering.

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Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Romanesco Broccoli

Have you seen a vegetable that demonstrates fractal geometry at its finest? Romanesco broccoli is not only cool to look at, it’s easy to grow and delicious. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum shows you how to plant, grow, and care for this unique Brassica.

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Vegetables

13 Vegetable Garden Plants Rabbits Won’t Eat

With spring’s sweetness comes fresh, tender, new growth and the bunnies that make quick work of it. If you have rabbits in your vegetable garden, we’ve got ideas for plants they won’t devour (at least, that they don’t prefer). With a palette as expansive as ours, honing in on their least favorites means more for us. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores vegetable garden plants that rabbits avoid and how to use them as deterrents.

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Edible

7 Crops You Can Plant From Seed in April

When spring finally spoils us with sunshine and warmth, it’s a pleasure to get in the garden and sow some seeds. Join former organic farmer Logan Hailey for some delicious additions to plant from seed in your April garden.

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Trees

11 Trees and Shrubs to Plant in April

April showers bring May flowers! Use the rain to your advantage and plant flowering trees and shrubs this month. They’ll soak up the moisture and grow well for the rest of the season. Native plant gardener Jerad Bryant shares 11 trees and shrubs perfect for planting in April.

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Flowers

15 Flowers to Plant in April

Spring is in full swing, and we are happy to have our hands back in the dirt. April is perfect for flower planting, so grab your shovel, and let's talk about some flowers that are perfect for planting this month. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has some wonderful April flowers to share!