Garden Mulch: 15 Types, pros, cons and best practices
Garden mulch is a good way to improve soil health; learn about 15 types, their pros and cons, and proper application methods.
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Landscape Fabric: An easy way to control and suppress weeds
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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Xeriscaping: 10 Stunning plants for a drought-tolerant landscape
Xeriscaping is a landscaping practice that uses drought-tolerant plants to reduce water use and still have a gorgeous garden.
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Companion Plants for Pine Trees: What are the best options?
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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Bleeding Heart Flowers: A beautiful perennial for the flower garden
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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Dill: Grow, care for, and harvest an herb garden classic
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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Cilantro: Growing a cool season herb in containers or in-ground
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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