Plant Care & Health

How to Get Rid of Slugs and Snails: What Actually Works

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On any given night, a single average garden can shelter something like 20,000 slugs — and that’s before you count the snails. Here’s the twist...
Seasonal Growing & Garden Calendar

How to Overwinter Dahlias: Dig, Store, or Leave Them in the Ground

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The first hard frost can turn a bed of dahlias into a heap of blackened, slimy stems almost overnight, and most gardeners have the...
Plant Propagation & Growing Techniques

How to Grow Zinnias From Seed: Planting, Care & Cutting Tips

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If you’ve ever flipped through a seed catalog wondering which flower won’t punish you for being new at this, here’s your answer: zinnias. They sprout...
Plant Propagation & Growing Techniques

How to Grow Snapdragons: Seed, Care, Timing & Cutting Tips

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Most of us first meet the snapdragon as a stubby little six-pack at the garden center, wedged between the petunias and marigolds. That introduction...
Plant Propagation & Growing Techniques

How to Grow Loofah Successfully: From Seed to Natural Sponge

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Here’s a fact that catches almost everyone off guard: the scrubby sponge hanging in your shower probably never saw the ocean. It’s a dried...
Livestock & Animal Husbandry

How to Care for Chickens in Winter (Without a Heat Lamp)

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The first hard freeze of the year tends to send new chicken keepers into a quiet panic. You glance at the thermometer, then out at...
Plant Propagation & Growing Techniques

How to Grow Cucamelons Successfully: Planting, Care & Harvest Tips

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The first time I handed a friend a cucamelon, she pinched it between two fingers and asked whether I’d shrunk a watermelon. Then she bit...
Sustainable Agriculture & Organic Farming

How to Grow a Three Sisters Garden the Right Way (Corn, Beans & Squash)

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Picture a patch of garden that looks, honestly, like a gorgeous mess: corn stalks shooting skyward, bean vines spiraling around them, and squash leaves...
Tools & Equipment

How to Build a Cold Frame (and Actually Use It Right)

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The first hard frost had silvered the whole yard. I crunched outside in slippers, coffee steaming, fully braced to mourn a bed of dead...
Sustainable Agriculture & Organic Farming

How to Attract Dragonflies to Your Yard Naturally (What Works)

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Here's the thing almost every “plants that attract dragonflies” list gets backwards: dragonflies don't really care about your flowers. They're pure carnivores — no nectar,...
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