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.

A watering can pours water onto a young cabbage plant forming a rosette of green, rounded, serrated leaves on thin, pale stems in loose soil in a February garden.

Gardening Tips

When and How Much to Water Your Plants in February

February is a unique time for plants. Most areas of North America have snow or ice, while others have mild temperatures and occasional rainfall. When and how much you should water depends on the plants you’re growing, their location, and your climate. Let’s dive in!

A dense carpet of feathery green foliage dotted with small white daisy-like flowers with bright yellow centers spreads across the ground, making it one of the easy plants to replace a lawn.

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17 Easy-to-Grow Plants to Replace Your Lawn

If you’re considering reducing your lawn or refreshing bare areas where turf isn’t thriving, vigorous, low-growing perennials are ready to stand in. From matting groundcovers to mounding forms, easy-to-grow plants replace the lawn with seasonal appeal and ecological services. Explore top performers to meet your growing conditions with garden expert Katherine Rowe.

A man's hands lift a tomato seedling from a tray, showing that it's time to repot the seedlings into a larger pot.

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5 Signs It’s Time to Repot Your Seedlings

Seedlings mature quickly, evolving from tiny seeds to mature plants in weeks! It’s best to repot them before they grow rootbound so they continue sprouting healthy root systems. Watch for these five signs that signal your plants need a repot—wait too long and they may suffer!

Dormant bare-root strawberry plants with tangled roots and short, dry stems, ready to be planted and taken care of, placed next to red garden shears and blue gloves.

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How to Take Care of Bare-Root Plants Until Planting Time

Bare-root plants are superb alternatives to container specimens. They establish themselves quickly, grow well with less water, and are more cold-hardy. Though ideal for planting, they are only available when the weather is chilly, moist, and frosty. If you can’t plant them now, learn to keep them safe until you’re ready.

A black lawn mower stands on a green lawn, indicating when to mow the lawn for the first time.

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When to Do the First Lawn Mow of the Season: 11 Considerations

As winter evolves into spring, lawns begin pushing out fresh new growth! The grass blades turn from gray, yellow, or brown to bright green. Though the lawn is growing, is now a good time to cut it? Let’s first dive into these 11 considerations before deciding. How early to mow depends on your climate, lawn type, and how you treat your grass.

A potted flowering houseplant with tubular white and blue flowers grows under beginner-friendly grow lights.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Grow Lights

Grow lights turn the darkest room into a tropical paradise! They’re essential for seed starting, winter houseplant care, and other fun horticultural activities. Keep one in storage—you’ll never know when you may need it. Longtime plant light user Jerad Bryant shares all you need to know to get started.

A Korean spice viburnum shrub featuring clusters of white flowers among green foliage.

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13 Shrubs You Should Buy Bare-Root

Bare-root shrubs lack all the dirt that container plants have around their roots! They’re free to grow, excelling quickly after planting in home gardens. Instead of waiting for leaves to emerge, splurge on these bare-root shrubs during winter to beat the spring rush.