Make Your Best Home

Birdbaths are essential for every bird-friendly landscape. While there are many different types of birdbaths you can buy, there are even […]

Good garden soil teems with life and activity. What goes on beneath the soil constitutes an entire ecosystem with microorganisms, […]

Hummingbirds are attracted to a sweet nectar recipe, but so are ants, bees, hornets, wasps, and other sugar-loving insects. Hummingbirds are […]

The herbs from your garden are best when used fresh, but there are always more than you can use in […]

Potatoes are one of the easiest vegetables to grow, but rather than planting them from seeds produced by the flowers […]

Geraniums (Pelargonium hybrids) are usually only grown as annuals, except in USDA zones 10 and 11, where the mild climate allows them to […]

Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is a noxious weed commonly found in home landscapes, along roadsides, in forests, and even in […]

The tender perennial cigar plant (Cuphea ignea) is more commonly referred to as the Mexican cigar plant or the firecracker plant. […]

Prunus avium ‘Bing’ is a beautiful tree that can be used as an ornamental rather than a fruit-producing tree, without the worry […]

The Lodi apple tree is one of the earliest to produce fruits that are full in size and flavor and […]

When it is time to put up a birdhouse, whether you are putting up a new house for the first time […]

The Spruce / Cielito Vivas IN THIS ARTICLE Care Types Pruning Propagating Growing in Pots Overwintering Common Pests and Diseases […]