Key Points Onion skins to add nutrients to soil, either through compost heap or by placing scraps directly in the dirt.Onions ...

In the summer of 2020, my husband, Ryan, and I bought a house in Portland, Ore., with a sizable backyard containing little ...

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July is when inland gardens really heat up, while coastal gardeners wake up to cool, gray mornings until month’s end. After ...

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Straw, wood chips, shredded leaves, compost, grass clippings, or landscape fabric? Ranked on moisture, cooling, cost, and weed control. Weed-free straw wins for summer vegetable beds; shredded leaves ...

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Before you throw away dried vines and old stems, see how Andhra Pradesh gardener Madhavi Guttikonda reuses them to prepare ...

With spring activity over, it might seem like there's nothing left to do in the garden by midsummer. However, your plants ...