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!

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.

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.

Starting your own vegetable garden is easy with these simple steps for beginning seeds or seedlings indoors in late winter!

Start Your Vegetable Garden Indoors

Assassin bugs might look nasty, but they could actually help keep gardens free of pests that would destroy a green thumb's hard work!

Assassin Bugs Are a Blessing in Disguise

Corms, bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes are similar in some ways, but they have many differences. Here's what you need to know about each type of plant.

Understanding Corms, Bulbs, Tubers, and Rhizomes

You may know that loamy or loam soil is the best for gardening, but that leaves the question: what is it and what makes it so good?

Everything You Need To Know About Loam Soil

What are the gardening pros and cons of using coffee grounds as fertilizer, and is it worth the hype?

Using Coffee Grounds as a Fertilizer

Grow these garden plants to help out the ecosystem and bring beautiful butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds to your yard.

Build the Pollinator Garden of Your Dreams

Want to take that indoor plant vibe outside? With proper care, the right succulents will create an enviable outdoor display.

FAQs About Growing Succulents Outdoors

Lavender is one of the most popular scented plants in temperate gardens. It's also fairly easy to grow even more plants from the one you started with!

Propagating Lavender Plants from Cuttings

Growing bee&#x2d;friendly plants will help out these vital insects and add interest to your garden at the same time.

The Best Plants for Inviting Bees to Your Garden

If you learn to identify the worst home and garden pests, it’s easier to prevent them from taking hold of your indoor and outdoor spaces.

Springtime Pests and How to Prevent Them

Plenty of flowers can bloom first thing in the spring, letting your garden burst into color before your summer plants are even in the ground.

10 Vibrant Flowers That Bloom In Spring

Prepare to be all green thumbs this spring by giving your garden and tools a bit of attention before planting season officially begins.