Megan Hughes on garden lime and how it can help your plants for Better Homes & Gardens. If you’ve got acidic soil, this inexpensive crushed rock product is your friend. Here’s what you need to know to make the most of it. In an ideal world, all soil...
Megan Hughes offers some tips to ease fall yard cleanup for Better Homes & Gardens. This autumn chore is a breeze when you know how to do it right. Trees and shrubs in all their brilliant fall finery are an amazing sight to behold. Those color-drenched...
Margaret Boyles for The Old Farmer’s Almanac on planning for a vegetable garden in the Spring. FALL’S A GREAT TIME TO STARTING THINKING. Perhaps you’ve been eyeing beautiful vegetables all summer long at farm stands. Maybe you have a patch of lawn or weeds...
Viveka Neveln gives some good advice on preparing your garden for winter for Better Homes & Gardens. Use these tips to help your perennials, trees, shrubs, and more survive the colder months. Your plants will come back stronger in the spring. As temperatures drop...
Robin Sweetser gives some advice on how to avoid rodents in your flower bulbs for The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Are you tired of planting tulips and crocus bulbs only to have them disappear because mice and squirrels find them to be a tasty snack? There are plenty of...