Weeding, Mulching, and Edging
Three activities -- weeding, mulching, and edging -- ensure the neatness of your perennial garden. Do these tasks on a regular basis so caring for your garden does not become overwhelming or too time consuming.
Weed Control
Keep your garden free of weeds. These persistent plants take up valuable soil nutrients, look messy, and crowd out other plants. Read on and get weed control tips and ideas.
Winning the Weed War
The battle lines are drawn, and it doesn't look good. Your favorite cosmos are surrounded by an angry troop of chickweed that keeps getting reinforcements. Your corn is short and malnourished, unable to defend itself against an invasion of velvetleaf. Your pretty garden path is being infiltrated through every crevice by knotweed. And you can't even bear to look at your once-lush fescue lawn, which is being ravaged by a regiment of crabgrass.
More: Winning the Weed War
Identifying & Controlling Garden Pests
Watch out for these insects and keep your garden free from disease.
The Grass is Always Greener
If drought, disease, or insect damage has you seeing red instead of cool green, maybe it's time to patch things up between you and your lawn.