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Farmer’s hands holding freshly harvested quinoa seed heads dense with small, round, pale seeds in a garden setting.

Edible

When and How to Harvest Quinoa

Quinoa is a pseudograin! It’s delicious, nutritious, and easy to grow. Get the most from your crop by harvesting the seed pods at the right time and in the right way. Join backyard gardener Jerad Bryant to discover when and how to harvest quinoa.

Close-up of a gardener's hands with pruning shears trimming a large, pink rose flower with slightly wilted petals in a sunny garden, showing how to prevent the most common rose pruning mistakes.

Shrubs

Rose Pruning Don’ts: 5 Ways You’re Damaging Your Bushes

Rose pruning looks straightforward until you start seeing problems develop after cutting. These common mistakes can weaken plants, invite disease, and reduce flowering for years to come. Gardening expert Madison Moulton explains how to avoid the pruning errors that damage roses.

A shot of a person in the process of uprooting star-shaped purple colored flowers

Gardening Tips

How To Divide Summer Phlox for New, Healthy Plants

If you’re established garden phlox isn’t blooming as vigorously as it once did, or if you want to expand the collection, division is a simple way to rejuvenate the crop. Garden expert Katherine Rowe outlines how to divide summer phlox for the best return to glory and expansion of the show.

Many landscape shrubs appearing lovely with various blooms, growing deep green leaves placed somewhere with sunlight and shade

Shrubs

11 Shrub Recommendations For Your New Home Landscape

Landscaping a new home can be exciting and enjoyable. It's a chance to shape your space into something beautiful, personal, and functional. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to talk about some wonderful shrubs for the foundation of your landscape.

A close-up shot of a small composition of developing ripe and round fruits placed in a rectangular planter, showcasing healthy potted tomato

Gardening Tips

7 Tricks for Keeping Potted Tomato Plants Healthy

Is your garden already full of plants? Don’t despair! Instead, use containers! Potted tomato plants easily fit next to beds, walkways, and borders. Whether you have a full-on container garden or a single tomato plant in a pot, these seven tricks will help you cultivate happy, healthy, and beautiful tomatoes!

A big bush of Kumara plicatilis with countless green leaves called fan aloe forming a thick layer of plat parts

Cacti & Succulents

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Fan Aloe

Fan aloe is a fascinating and unique succulent shrub with fantastic foliage and attractive flowers. It's tough and low-maintenance, and adds a fun flair to warm climate gardens. Join Florida gardener Melissa Strauss to discuss how to plant and grow this beautiful plant.

Field of colorful spring bulb tulip flowers considered short lived perennials.

Ornamental Gardens

11 Common Perennials That are Short-Lived

Short-lived perennials have clever uses in the garden. Whether you need a quick grower or a profuse bloomer, these plants make up for their short lives with vigorous qualities. Longtime gardener Jerad Bryant recommends these 11 common perennials for a short-lived meadow.

A gardener in high rubber boots pours wood chips from a large bag around an evergreen arborvitae, illustrating the dos and don'ts of applying mulch.

Mulch

9 Mulch Dos and Don’ts

Mulching is a bit more complicated nowadays than it used to be! There are many different options to choose from, and you may wonder which type is right for your garden. Wonder no more! Professional landscaper Jerad Bryant shares nine mulch dos and don'ts.