Gardening

Gardening: a chance to get outdoors, dig in the dirt, and grow your own vegetables and flowers. Check out our tips!

Garden

Whether gardening to you is planting flowers, growing vegetables, or pruning shrubs, The Habitat answers all your spade and soil questions!

Outdoor Living

Whether your yard needs work or is already an oasis, we've got the best patio inspo and firepit plans — we'll help you elevate your time outside.

Landscaping

All the details on how to get rid of backyard pests, prune your shrubs, and choose the best plants for a gorgeous green outdoor space of any size.

Edible Plants

From cherry tomatoes to butternut squash, you can grow a whole cornucopia right in your own backyard — if you know how. The Habitat takes you through the finer points of raising vegetables and fruits in your garden. Your grocery store days could be coming to an end!

Ornamental Plants

From flower beds to patio pots to hanging planters, decorative greenery and flowers can spruce up any yard and home and are often easy to care for.

If you are looking for a beautiful plant to brighten up your shade garden, you can't go wrong with hostas. There's a variety for every preference.

Hosta 'June'

Cluster of variegated hosta

Hosta plantaginea, the fragrant plantain lily or August lily.

White-green,Leaves,Of,Hosta,Color,Festival.,Funkia.,Leaf,On,Dark

Close up photo of the leaves of the Hosta. White and green plant.

Lush hosta in the garden. Perennial flowers, gardening, landscaping. Hosta cultivar Frances Williams

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Planning a new landscape for your yard can be overwhelming, so browse these design styles for a bit of inspiration!

Beautiful Swimming Pool and Back Yard

Flowerbed with rose, sage and  Lampwick Plant

Image of Japanese garden, koi pond, maple bonsai trees, decking

Spanish,Hacienda,Style,Home

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When it comes to gardening, potatoes are one of the easiest crops to grow. There are lots of propagation methods for this tasty tuber.

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Chitted Potatoes growing in a Wooden Rustic Crate

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Hand planting potato tubers into the ground. Early spring preparations for the garden season.

Propagation,Of,Potato,By,Stem,Cuttings,,Tray,Nursery.

Macro,Of,Potato,Micropropagation,Cultivated,In,Petri,Dish,Over,Nutrient

Close-up,Of,Potato,Seedling,In,The,Gardener,Hands,Before,The

potato plant growing in pots

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It doesn't matter if you get year&#x2d;round heat or frigid winters. Whatever your USDA hardiness zone, there's a variety of orchid for your garden!

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Orchid,Zygopetalum

Common Spotted Orchid

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White Egret Flower

Cypripedium,Calceolus,Lady's-slipperâ,Orchid,This,Is,The,Largest,Orchid,Species

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Growing potatoes in containers is simple, fun, and frugal. Indoors or out, you'll have a bountiful harvest with minimal effort!

Potatoes

Potatoes,Growing,In,A,Bag.

Buckets,Full,Of,Foaming,Bubbles,Of,Soapy,Water,To,Wash

Organic,Potato,'pentland,Javelin',(solanum,Tuberosum),Grown,In,A,Sack

Setting Epicure potatoes in a pot - container gardening

Picking,Estima,Potatoes,Grown,In,A,Pot

Woman,Hand,Holding,Garden,Sprayer,Bottle,And,Spraying,A,Potato

Showing,Sharpes,Express,Spring,Early,Potatoes,In,Their,Seventh,Week

Potato bag

Sharpes,Express,Spring,Early,Potatoes,Can,Be,Growing,As,Early

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Mushrooms are the stuff of myth and legend, but they're also a familiar sight and popular food. Let's clear up some common mushroom misconceptions.

Many white mushrooms grow from Asian elephant dung

Orange peel fungus (Aleuria aurantia)

fresh oyster mushrooms on a dead tree

A red squirrel sitting between mushroom

Deadly poisonous mushroom Galerina marginata in floodplain forest. Known as funeral bell or the deadly skullcap. Wild poisonous mushrooms growing on the wood.

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Woman cleaning a few mushrooms at home.

Mushrooms and mycelium, champignon. Mushrooms growing.

Close-up,Shiitake,Mushroom,Cultivation.,A,Fully,Grown,Mushroom

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Did you know orchids naturally grow on the trunks of trees? Spruce up your outdoor space by attaching an orchid to your backyard tree.

An orchid

String or thin rope

Fertilizer

A watering can or spray bottle

A ladder (optional)

Scissors

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The Purple orchid flower in spring day

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Trunk of an Oak (Quercus) on Emmertshof, with about 750 years one of the oldest oak trees in Germany, near Neuenstein, Hohenlohe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Beautiful root orchids, selective focus for background

orchid roots on tree

Orchid,Tied,To,A,Tree.

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Pink,Orchid,On,Tree,In,Garden,Thailand.

Here are the answers to your questions about growing your own mushrooms right in your home!

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Oyster,Mushrooms,-,Pleurotus,Cornucopiae,Growing,On,A,Sack,With

Fresh,White,Button,Mushrooms,In,Plant,Box

Group,Of,Bags,With,Straw,Substrat,And,Gypsum,In,It,

Fungiculture,And,Home,With,Substrate,Kit,And,Various,Fungi,Types,

Using,Knife,To,Pick,Cut,Shiitake,Mushrooms,,Lentinula,Edodes,Growing

Mushrooms in open refrigerator concept

Homemade,Mushrooms,And,Mycelium,,Champignon.,Mushrooms,Growing.

inoculated fruiting mushroom substrate into a plastic box, homemade fungiculture, topview

Man holding two mycelium substrate with golden oyster mushrooms, fungiculture at home, Pleurotus citrinopileatus

Mushrooms are delicious on their own and in countless dishes. But some mushrooms found in the U.S. are dangerous if eaten.

An,Eastern,Destroying,Angel,Grows,Tall,In,The,Forest.,This

Ergot fungus; Claviceps purpurea

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Autumn Skullcap -Galerina autumnalis-, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Close up of a deadly webcap mushroom between pine needles

Gyromitra esculenta

A,Group,Of,Oldish,Common,Ink,Cap,Mushrooms,(coprinopsis,Atramentaria)

Mushroom,Called,Inocybe,Lanuginosa,Sl,,Incl.,Stellatospora

clitocybe dealbata mushroom

Female holding Amanita Muscaria mushroom, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita.

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Using,A,Spade,Shovel,Is,One,Way,To,Remove,Clusters

Hands tying white bag in yard

Frame made of detergent foam bubble. Top view

watering

Garden,Lawn,Aeration,With,Scarifier,Rake

Hand,Planting,Young,Plant,In,The,Ground,In,The,Garden.

lawn at home. running children in blur. On a Sunny summer day.

Woman picking up dog poop from the lawn

Soil,Meter,That,Is,Currently,Being,Used,In,A,Loam

Mowing the grass

Metal,Watering,Can,Used,To,Water,The,Green,Grass

Get out in nature and forage for mushrooms this year! Just make sure you've studied the basics so you can stay safe out there!

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Toadstool or fly agaric mushroom on a fall landscape floor

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Picking mushroom.

Marasmius,Oreades.,Scotch,Bonnet.,Fairy,Ring,Mushroom.

Hydnum

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Shaggy inkcap lawyer's wig Coprinus comatus

Hen,Of,The,Woods,Mushroom,(grifola,Frondosa)

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It may surprise you to discover how many delicious mushroom species can be grown right in or around your own home!

Ganoderma Lucidum - Ling Zhi Mushroom,close up

shiitake mushrooms being cultivated the traditional organic way

Pleurotus,Ostreatus,The,Pearl,Oyster,Mushroom,Or,Tree,Oyster,Mushroom

The,Rare,Edible,Lion's,Mane,Mushroom,/,Hericium,Erinaceus,/

A,Wine,Cap,Stropharia,(stropharia,Rugosoannulata),In,Arthur's,Pass,National

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A large group of morels by a stream

Enoki, seafood mushrooms on green granite

Maitake mushroom

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Heap of champignon close-up.

The,Coral,Tooth,(hericium,Coralloides),Is,An,Edible,Mushroom,,

Purple,Hats,Of,Oyster,Mushrooms,Growing,On,Green,Moss,Close

Lion's mane mushrooms

Pile of Wild Morel Mushrooms

Raw Brown Pioppini Mushrooms

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Garden

The Most Desirable Hostas for Your Shade Garden

Inspiring Landscape Design to Spruce Up Your Yard

Potato Propagation: Grow More Spuds

10 Orchids for Every USDA Hardiness Zone

10 steps to successfully grow potatoes

Common Misconceptions About Mushrooms

Your Guide to Growing Orchids on Trees

Common FAQs About Growing Mushrooms

Poisonous Mushrooms to Avoid When Foraging

Rid Your Lawn of Unwanted Mushrooms

The Essential Mushroom Foraging Guide

15 Mushrooms Varieties You Can Grow At Home

Garden

The Most Desirable Hostas for Your Shade Garden

Inspiring Landscape Design to Spruce Up Your Yard

Potato Propagation: Grow More Spuds

10 Orchids for Every USDA Hardiness Zone

10 steps to successfully grow potatoes

Common Misconceptions About Mushrooms

Your Guide to Growing Orchids on Trees

Common FAQs About Growing Mushrooms

Make a habit out of it.

Poisonous Mushrooms to Avoid When Foraging

Rid Your Lawn of Unwanted Mushrooms

The Essential Mushroom Foraging Guide

15 Mushrooms Varieties You Can Grow At Home