Gardening
How to grow what you plant — starting seeds, tending beds, and keeping plants healthy from spring’s first sowing to fall cleanup.
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Best Onion Varieties to Grow from Seed
One packet of onion seed can fill a pantry shelf — if you pick the variety that matches your daylight and your dinner table.
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Hose-End Sprayer vs Pump Sprayer: How to Apply Liquid Fertilizer
A gallon of concentrate costs the same either way. The sprayer decides whether the job takes twenty minutes or an hour.
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How Often Should You Apply Liquid Lawn Fertilizer?
Your lawn greens up for two weeks after feeding, then fades. The gap is usually timing, not the product — here is the schedule.
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Best Full-Sun Annuals to Plant for Color All Summer
Your sunniest bed sits empty all winter — here’s what to plant in it come spring for color that doesn’t quit until frost.
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The Best Liquid Lawn Fertilizers for a Greener Lawn
You sprayed the whole lawn and half of it greened up. The bottle matters — here are the four liquid fertilizers worth your money.
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French vs African Marigolds: Which to Plant
Tall ones for the vase, short ones for the edge — buy the wrong height and you spend the summer apologizing for it.
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Growing Marigolds from Seed: Timing, Spacing, and Deadheading
Wait for warm soil, sow a quarter inch deep, and pinch once — marigolds ask for almost nothing and bloom until frost.
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Best Marigold Varieties to Grow from Seed
One row towers, the other sulks at the edge — pick the right marigold type, and the rest of the season takes care of itself.
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Zinnias vs Cosmos vs Marigolds: Which Cut Flower to Grow
Plant all three expecting the same job, and the marigolds will let you down — each of these flowers earns its keep differently.
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Growing Zinnias from Seed: Sowing, Spacing, and Deadheading
Wait for warm soil, sow shallow, and keep cutting — zinnias reward a little patience with blooms from midsummer to frost.
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Best Zinnia Varieties to Grow from Seed
You want armfuls of cut flowers by August, and one zinnia packet is the cheapest way there — if you pick the right variety.
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Best Seed-Starting Kits to Give a Vegetable Gardener
Late winter is when the windowsill fills up. These kits turn that sill into the season’s first tomato plants.
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