Simple Ideas for Better Homes, Gardens & Outdoor Spaces
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You pull it on Saturday. By Wednesday, it’s back, smug and spreading, like it never left. That’s creeping oxalis for you. It’s got this shamrock-shaped leaf that tricks half my neighbors into thinking it’s clover, right up until it swallows their flower beds and starts climbing into the lawn. I’ve fought this weed in three … Read more
A patch of grass that looks thin and patchy in one spot but keeps producing wide, rubbery leaves no matter how often you mow is usually a sign of plantain, not a mowing problem. It’s one of the most common broadleaf weeds in home lawns, and it’s also one of the most misunderstood — plenty … Read more
You raked, you bagged, you hauled six trash cans of leaves to the curb, and you patted yourself on the back for a job well done. Then April rolls around and your hostas are lace, your tomato seedlings have aphids before they even hit six inches, and there’s a vole tunnel running straight through what … Read more
Your grass looks fine from the porch. Then you walk out barefoot, step into a patch of clover, and suddenly there’s a bee three inches from your toes. Or maybe it’s not the bees — maybe it’s just that your lawn looks patchy, with these low, three-leafed clumps spreading faster than anything else out there. … Read more
You’re on your knees in the July heat, and there it is again. That low, ground-hugging mat of tiny leaves spreading across your driveway crack and creeping straight into your lawn like it owns the place. You pull it, and within a week it’s back, bigger than before. That’s spurge for you. It’s one of … Read more
You mixed up a batch of vinegar weed killer, sprayed it on that crack in the driveway with the dandelion you’ve been fighting all summer, and came back three days later to find… nothing happened. Maybe the leaves wilted a little, looked sad for an afternoon, then bounced right back like they were mocking you. … Read more
My dog Biscuit used to eat anything green that grew within nose-shot of the back porch. Grass, clover, the occasional mystery weed poking up between the patio stones — all of it went straight into his mouth before I could yell “drop it.” That habit is exactly why I stopped reaching for the blue jug … Read more
A lawn that looked fine in August can start filling in with low, spreading growth by the time the first cool nights arrive. Some of that new growth is grass recovering from summer stress. A lot of it isn’t. Cooler temperatures and shorter days trigger germination in several weed species that spend the following spring … Read more
You walk out to check on your tomatoes and there they are: aphids, packed onto every new shoot like commuters on a rush-hour train. Your first instinct is to sprint for the spray bottle. I get it. But that spray bottle is about to undo months of work, because most broad pesticides don’t know the … Read more
Your tomato leaves have holes in them. Your kale looks like it went through a paper shredder. And you just found a pile of something suspicious near your cabbage that definitely wasn’t there last week. Sound familiar? You’re not losing your mind, and you’re not a bad gardener. Fall is prime time for pests to … Read more