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A diverse garden display featuring varied plant sizes, colors, and textures. Small, delicate white flowers contrast with vibrant orange blooms and soft pink blossoms. Lush green leaves provide a verdant backdrop to this lively floral composition.

Seeds

When to Start Seeds in Zone 9

Wondering when to start seeds in zone 9? Join former vegetable farmer Briana Yablonski as she shares when to plant seeds so you end up with healthy crops.

Graceful chicory plant with tall stems and vibrant purple flowers basks in the warm sunlight, showcasing its natural beauty. The blurred background reveals a lush greenery, creating a soothing contrast.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Chicory

With stunning periwinkle flowers, bitter roots, and a low-maintenance habit, chicory is a welcome addition to many gardens. Join vegetable farmer Briana Yablonski as she explains how to plant, grow, and care for common chicory.

An automatic sprinkler system waters a field of green plants, delivering a gentle shower. The soil glistens with moisture, forming small puddles that nourish the roots. The plants stand refreshed, soaking in the rejuvenating rainfall.

Gardening Tips

Is Overhead Watering Bad For Plants?

When you’re starting a new garden or have grown to a size where an irrigation system is necessary for success, you must decide which type of system you’ll choose. Join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she shares what she’s learned about overhead watering and if it is, in fact, bad for plants.

Close-up of trap slugs with beer in the garden. There is a red bowl full of slugs and beer. Slugs have soft, elongated bodies that are brownish-gray in color.

Garden Pests

Can You Trap Slugs With Beer?

It’s a damp spring, and there are sporadic, smooth holes in your beautiful garden greens. There are shiny trails of slime nearby. Ugh, slugs. We’ve all been there. So what to do? Join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she dives into the simple art of trapping slugs with beer.

Close-up of a blooming Goldenrod plant, belonging to the Solidago genus. It graces landscapes with clusters of plume-like flowers in a striking yellow hue. These flowers are neatly arranged in dense, elongated spikes, standing tall above the plant's serrated, lance-shaped leaves.

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Goldenrod

Are you looking for some showy fall-blooming perennials for your wildflower garden? There are many different species of goldenrods you can use to attract pollinators, enhance your native plant garden, or start a pocket prairie garden. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen will introduce goldenrods and how to grow these showy wildflowers.

Close-up of Spiral Aloe leaves. The Spiral Aloe (Aloe polyphylla) is a remarkable succulent prized for its striking and intricate appearance. This plant produces a stunning rosette of spiraling, fleshy leaves. The tightly packed leaves create a symmetrical spiral pattern. Each leaf is armed with small, soft spines along its margins.

Houseplants

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Spiral Aloe

Do you want to add the eye-catching fractal leaves of spiral aloe to your landscape? Grow this rare, enchanting spiralized succulent in rock gardens and containers with extra well-drained soil and mild temperatures. Garden expert Logan Hailey digs into all the details for cultivating this African native plant.