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A tire planter with wilted, dry plants and exposed soil.

Home

Ohio grower's ruined zucchini sparked theories about missed watering and squash borers

A basil plant covered in fungus gnats.

Home

Home gardener says store-bought basil brought fungus gnats, then the pests spread beyond the pot

Several bags filled with dark soil are arranged in a grid pattern.

Home

Gardeners say bagged 'top soil' is mostly mulch now, and 'nothing will grow in it'

A hedgehog on a green towel.

Outdoors

Hedgehog trapped 3 days in a gap no hand could fit through was freed, then made a comeback

A field of wildflowers.

Home

Meadows are thriving through extreme weather, and manicured plantings are not keeping up

A person with a brown paper bag.

Food

New Jersey takeout orders default to 'no utensils' as plastic cutlery ban begins

An ear of corn coming out of its husk.

Food

Gardener feared 'black mold' on corn, then learned it was prized ingredient

A red truck delivers a mobile home to a residential area with other homes and trees.

Business

Maine mobile home residents sue to undo park sale, saying they were denied a chance to buy

A woman holds seed packets while discussing planting beans and sugar snap peas in a garden.

Home

Garden coach in Illinois says late July is the time to sow fall beans, peas, greens, and herbs

A butterfly perched on a cluster of pink and white flowers.

Tech

Monarchs skipped one Maine yard this June, and naturalists warn we need 'more data'

A garden with various plants, a woman tending to them, and a bench displaying harvested vegetables and fruits.

Home

'Put the fertilizer bag down': 11 easy ways to start composting, and the ratio that matters

A woman holds pruning shears and a coneflower while standing in a garden filled with pink flowers.

Home

Across much of the U.S., deadheading coneflowers the 'right way' keeps bees fed all summer