Landscape fabric provides a barrier that can help minimize weeds while helping reduce water usage – here’s how to install it, and pros/cons.
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Do you have unsightly brown spots or yellow or brown patches in your grass? Know these ten possible causes and how to treat each one.
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Xeriscaping is a landscaping practice that uses drought-tolerant plants to reduce water use and still have a gorgeous garden.
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If you ever wanted to know how some keep a green lawn, even in the hot, dry days of summer? Their secret weapon is Zoysia Grass.
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Want your lawn to look like a lush golf course? Their secret is planting Bermuda grass, a warm climate, drought-resistant favorite.
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Northern Cardinal, aka redbird, is famous for its bright red plumage. Learn all about Cardinal cardinalis and how to attract them.
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Cutting grass with dull blades could kill your lawn and also harm your lawn mower. We explain how to sharpen your blades (step by step) to avoid this issue.
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Due to the acidity of the soil surrounding them, try these six companion plants for pine trees. You must find only acidic soil loving plants.
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Landscape rocks are a popular way to create unique and interesting outdoor spaces that are low-maintenance and lovely. We explain the best 6.
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Bleeding heart flowers have a charming, heart-locket appearance, thriving in filtered sun or partial shade in zones 3 to 9.
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This delicious herb is versatile for more than just dill pickles. Dill, Latin: Anethum graveolens, is a herbaceous annual plant commonly used as a culinary herb. It is a carrot family member and a native species to southern Russia, western Africa, and the Mediterranean region. Dill is hardy in USDA planting zones 3-10. This classic
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The leaves are cilantro, the seeds coriander–both are so delicious! Cilantro (Latin: Coriandrum sativum), aka coriander, is a versatile annual herb with glossy, broad, flat leaves that resemble parsley. Perhaps the most significant physical difference between the two is that parsley leaves have pointy serrations, but cilantro leaf serration appears more rounded and lacy-looking. Cilantro
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Robins are one of the earliest signs of springtime. The American robin (Latin: Turdus migratorius) is a lovely feathered friend who makes an early-season appearance to welcome the warm temperatures of spring. This bird is a shining beacon of hope that the gray winter months will soon end and long, lazy summer days are imminent.
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