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How to Get Rid of Bamboo in Your Yard
Natural & chemical solutions to remove & control bamboo Bamboo is a beautiful addition to any yard, but it can quickly spread and grow out of control. Luckily, there are several simple and effective ways to kill bamboo. ...
How to Prune an Apple Tree to Grow Better Fruit
Trimming your fruit trees for a perfect harvest every year Growing apples at home can be a rewarding experience, both in the process and the results. If you've been cultivating an apple tree and want to get maximum fruit...
How to Plant & Grow a Pineapple at Home
Grow a thriving pineapple plant from a pineapple with these simple instructions With its sweet, tangy taste and unique shape, there’s not another fruit quite like the pineapple. If you’ve been wishing for a way to gr...
5 Reasons Your Aloe Plant Is Dying (and How to Fix Them)
Revive a dying aloe vera plant with these simple strategiesWhen your aloe vera plant starts drooping, getting mushy leaves, or turning yellow and brown, it’s time to change up your plant care regimen. Over or underwate...
How to Plant, Care For, and Harvest Ginger at Home
Grow ginger indoors and outdoors, all year round Growing ginger is easy and rewarding. The only thing between you and near-infinite, fresh ginger to eat whenever you like is simply a pot of soil and a root from your loca...
How to
Grow Onions
Onions are a popular vegetable with the home gardener because they have a wide variety of uses, are easy to grow, and require very little space. Additionally, they have a short growing season which means you can start ha...
How to Get Rid of Ant Nests in Potted Plants
Best chemical and natural products for killing ants in your houseplants Ants love to make homes in potted plants, drawn by the shelter and sweet secretions of other pests, like aphids. Although ants don’t actually do m...
How to
Prune a Tree
Pruning helps trees grow strong and look neat and attractive. One prunes a tree to remove damaged branches, allow for new growth or create a distinctive shape. It's important to do it correctly, so you don't end up damag...
How to
Grow Okra
Okra is a vegetable that keeps on giving all summer long. When you harvest a pod, another grows in its place. It's related to the hibiscus plant and produces similarly beautiful flowers. Okra grows best in hot climates, ...
How to
Grow Roses from Seed
Growing roses from seed can be challenging since the majority of seeds you collect often won't germinate regardless of your efforts. Fortunately, most rose plants produce a large number of seeds inside their rose hips, s...
How to
Germinate Orange Seeds
Orange trees are a beautiful tree to have growing in your home or backyard. Not only do they produce wonderful smelling leaves, but mature trees also bear fruit. Orange seeds are quite easy to germinate, but a tree grown...
How to
Grow an Apple Tree from a Seed
You can grow apples from seed, but keep in mind that the type of apple tree you end up with might not be the same as the seed you planted. For example, if you plant a Granny Smith apple seed, you might not end up with a...
How to
Care for Venus Fly Traps
The Venus fly trap is an unusual plant that's native to the United States and thrives in a habitat where most other plants quickly perish. These intriguing carnivorous plants, with leaves that "snap" shut to trap insects...
How to
Grow Grape Vines
Grapes are certainly a multi-purpose fruit, being used for wine, baked goods, jams, and for eating fresh off the vine. With their ability to grow in many places around the world, they are a great addition to any garden. ...
How to Get Rid of English Ivy
Control invasive, creeping vines to protect your home and garden English ivy may be pleasing to the eye, but when it quietly creeps across the ground and up trees and buildings, it can smother or damage anything in its w...
How to
Prune Blueberries
Regular pruning of blueberry bushes is important to keep them from becoming overgrown and unproductive. Training young blueberry bushes by pruning them regularly during the first two years promotes proper structure of th...
How to
Build a Wooden Planter Box
Want to exercise your green thumb, but don't have the space? Maybe you have the space, but your soil is too harsh to be cultivated easily? A wooden planter box is a cheap, easy, and effective way to solve these problems!...
How to Prune Young and Mature Peach Trees
Gardening expert Erin Hostetler explains when and how to prune your peach treeKnowing how to prune a peach tree properly is essential to the plant's growth. Pruning your peach tree can make it produce larger fruit and an...
How to
Tie up Tomatoes
Tied tomato plants are generally healthier, with tomatoes that are easier to pick. Untied plants will grow along the ground, causing the plants to tangle, the fruits to rot, and make the plant more susceptible to disease...
How to Prune a Plum Tree for a Beautiful Shape & Fruit Production
A year-by-year guide to shaping and pruning plum trees Plum trees need to be pruned once a year to help them retain a healthy shape and produce abundant fruit. You’ll use the same basic techniques each time you prune, ...
