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.

Harvest your best crops and don't let anything go to waste. Follow these tips to successfully store the seeds for a great yield year after year.

Hand Sowing seeds

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Heirloom Tomato Seeds being Preserved in Glass Jar

Palnting pots

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Life begins today

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Growing tomatoes in containers is a wonderful option, but there are some important mistakes to avoid to ensure success.

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Growing Tomatoes

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Young tomato plants in a flower pot

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Green Thumb Series

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Pruning tomato plants, removing  stems. Studio Photo

Sustainable food source

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Balcony garden: ripe potted tomatoes on a balcony in a residential apartment building

Close up of woman hand pinch off excessive shoot sucker that grow on tomato plant stem in greenhouse, so tomato plant gets more nutrition from soil to grow tomatoes.

Woman picking tomatoes from a tree.

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Septoria leaf spot on tomato. damaged by disease and pests of tomato leaves

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Unripe cluster of green plum roma tomatoes growing in a permaculture style garden bed, with companion planting of marigold and calendula flowers, to attract pollinators and detract garden pests.

Happy family working in organic greenhouse. Senior man and child growing bio plants in farm garden.

Your vegetable scraps have promise! Plant the bits you cut off of your root veggies and tear away from your leafy greens for your own recycled garden!

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

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Woman's hand planting small garlic in the ground. Early spring preparations for the garden season.

Regrowing green onions scallions, salad and leek from scraps in jars filled with water

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Regrowing lettuce from scraps

Germinated ginger root ready for planting in gardener´s hand.

Healthy green mung bean sprouts，Mung beans

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Young adult woman hand planting pumpkin seeds in fresh dark soil. Closeup. Preparation for garden season in early spring. Point of view shot. Top down view.

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Caterpillars can ruin a garden, but there are preventative and reactive steps you can take to keep your plants healthy and limit these pests.

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Weeds are a problem every gardener faces, but there are some excellent solutions that don't require spraying your garden with harmful chemicals.

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Hand,Weeding,In,The,Vegetable,Garden,,Closeup

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You know adding fertilizer makes plants healthier. But with so many types available, it’s not always easy to determine the best option!

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Hands,Holding,Compost,Above,The,Composter,With,Organic,Waste

How,To,Use,Organic,Fertilizer,For,Organic,Farming,Or,Gardening;

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Annual plants can often survive indoors during the harsh winter months — all it takes is a willingness to learn a few simple techniques.

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Close,Up,Orange,Crysanthemum,During,The,Day

Drought,Resistant,Sempervivum,And,Sedum,Plants,Are,Sitting,In,A

The,Fern,Growing,In,Large,Pots,Is,Hung,By,The

Potted,Coleus,Plants,And,Cone,Flowers,In,Full,Summer,Bloom.

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While it requires some work, organic gardening is worth it. You'll be surprised how much time and effort organic methods can save in the long run.

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Green,Salad,Growing,On,Soil,Covered,With,Crushed,Eggshells,,Organic

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Planting bulbs is a cost&#x2d;effective way to add beauty and color to your space. These tips will make your garden adventure as seamless as possible.

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Bulb,Planting

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Planting from seed can be less costly, provides better choices, and lets you start your garden early, indoors. Keep these tips in mind when you begin.

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While some birds and butterflies will show up to your garden regardless, you can help ensure they choose to stick around.

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House,Sparrow,With,Suet,Pellet,In,Bill,On,Bird,Feeder

Woman,Spraying,Flowers,In,The,Garden

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Great,Tit,,Parus,Major,Passerine,Bird,,Perched,On,A,Birdhouse

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Companion planting is a gardening method going back thousands of years that uses the natural properties of one plant to benefit the growth of another!

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Garden

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Breaking Down Types of Fertilizers

You'll Want to Bring In These Plants Over Winter

10 Tips For Getting Started With Organic Gardening

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Garden

Step-By-Step Seed Storage Suggestions

24 essential things to know for growing container tomatoes

How to Grow Nutritious Food from Scraps

How to Deal With Caterpillars in Your Garden

Creative Methods for Controlling Weeds

Breaking Down Types of Fertilizers

You'll Want to Bring In These Plants Over Winter

10 Tips For Getting Started With Organic Gardening

Make a habit out of it.

Dig Into These Helpful Bulb Planting Ideas

The Trick to Starting Plants From Seed

Tips To Draw Birds and Butterflies To Your Garden

Game-Changing Companion Planting Combos