Garden

Learn how to plant a garden, build a raised bed garden and find the right tool for your job with the help of our gardening experts.

5-Gallon Bucket Hack: Better Tree Watering

This 5-gallon bucket hack will slice your time doing yard work


How To Grow Grapes in the Home Garden

Whether growing them for healthy snacking or craft wine making, grapes have a place in the home landscape. Here's a...


Why You Should Consider Creating a Garden Bed Edging

Garden beds can be fun to plant and tend, but as soon as unwanted plants invade, the battle begins. Your...


Blow Out Your Hoses

Make sure all the water in your garden hose really is gone before storing it.


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10 Best Plants for a Rain Garden

When you plant a rain garden, you do your part for the environment, filtering runoff and protecting groundwater. Pick the...


Homeowner’s Guide to a Weed-Free Landscape

Don't let your landscape get overtaken by weeds this season! We've got solutions for banishing even the most troublesome invaders,...


10 Flowering Shrubs for Your Garden

If you're going to invest the money, time and valuable garden space in shrubs, you may as well make sure...


9 Butterfly Flowers to Grow From Seed

Want to attract butterflies on a budget? Fill your garden with beautiful butterfly flowers from just a few dollars' worth...

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The Best Herbs to Grow in a Patio Garden

You don't need a lot of space to grow herbs. In fact, herbs are easy to grow and great candidates...


12 Inspiring DIY Flower Walls

Move over planters and flower beds. This year, everyone wants a living flower wall! Display your favorite flowers and plants...


21 Shed Organization Ideas and Projects You Should Know

Looking for ways to clean up your garden shed mess? We've got the best projects for organizing your shed and...


17 Tips for Tidy Outdoor Storage

Transform your yard with innovative, budget-friendly outdoor storage solutions to keep gardening tools and supplies neatly organized and accessible.


Greenhouse from the Salad Bar

The next time you hit up a salad bar for lunch, save the plastic clamshell container. It can be reused...


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10 Tips for Winter Composting

There's no reason to let compost go dormant over the winter. Keeping your compost active year-round offers a range of...


Square Foot Gardening

Make the most of your time and space with a smarter way to plant your garden: square foot gardening


Build a License Plate Birdhouse

Personalize a DIY birdhouse with an old license plate, and you’ll have a real one-of-a-kind place for birds to call...


10 Wildflowers That Do Well in Home Gardens

Wildflowers are a good option for the gardener who wants plants to do the "heavy lifting" without a lot of...

11 Sparkling Shrubs for Today’s Yards

Shrubs have come a long way since the days of "blink and you'll miss seeing it bloom" forsythias. Advances in...


Garden Tool Storage Ideas

The right garden tools make gardening easier for sure. But where do you store all those tools? And how do...


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How To Build a Garden Arbor

Create this stylish, arched DIY garden arbor in only a couple of days. It’s way easier than it looks.


How to Construct a DIY Wooden Cart With Wheels

This perfectly balanced workhorse rolls up and down hills with ease.


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How To Sharpen Shears, Hedge Trimmers and Other Garden Tools

Proper gardening tool sharpening, such as pruning shears and hedge clippers, make your work easier, and the sharpening can be...


How To Build a Copper Trellis for Your Garden

Solder up this trellis in a weekend with ordinary copper tubing.

Getting the Kinks Out: Finding a Garden Hose that Actually Works

I'm on a quest for the perfect garden hose.


A Guide to Setting Up a Drip Irrigation System for Your Garden

Less water and healthier plants: Here's how to know if drip irrigation is a fit for your garden, plus how...


Garden Shed Illustrations and Materials List

These illustrations and this materials list are a part of the Garden Shed that appeared in the July/August, 2008 issue...