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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.

Gardening Tips

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.

Gardening Tips

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!

Wearing a jacket and colorful gloves, a gardener carefully prunes the branches of a dormant rose shrub with green pruning shears on a cold February day.

Trees

11 Trees and Shrubs You Should Prune in February

Break out those loppers and pruning shears. It's time to get back to work! Many shrubs and trees are ready for their annual trim around February while they are dormant. Here are 11 you might have in your yard that are perfect for pruning this month.

Close-up of Birdies Raised Garden Beds located in the front yard. The Birdies Raised Garden Beds feature sleek, modern designs crafted from durable and rust-resistant steel, presenting a clean and polished aesthetic. With smooth lines and a variety of sizes and colors available, they offer a stylish and functional solution for cultivating plants, herbs, and vegetables. They come in black, pale green and cream colors.

Raised Bed Gardening

5 Cheap and Effective Ways to Fill Raised Garden Beds

Raised garden beds hold lots of soil! Instead of filling them with expensive potting mixes, try using one of these materials. They’re budget-friendly alternatives that work well as substitutes; many are available in your backyard! Seasoned grower Jerad Bryant shares five cheap methods for filling raised beds.

Close-up of a delicate insect with translucent wings and long legs perched on a vibrant green leaf.

Houseplants

5 Reasons Why Your Indoor Plants Are Attracting Fungus Gnats

Fungus gnats are annoying pests that begin their life cycle among the roots of our favorite houseplants. They become delicate flies that live on the surface or flit around infested specimens. Join garden expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the top reasons why your houseplants have fungus gnats and how to prevent the uninvited visitors.