Lawn and Garden
Yard and lawn care is an important part of maintaining a home. Learn about landscaping and get yard tips and advice from the experts at HowStuffWorks.
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Is Artificial Turf the Lawn of the Future?
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What types of stones work well in hardscape designs?
What is aquaponics?
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Why Evergreen Trees Don't Shed Their Needle-like Leaves
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Unlike traditional surface irrigation techniques, drip irrigation provides water directly to the roots of plants. You can learn more about drip irrigation from this article.
You can plant a pine tree from a seed or from a sapling. Learn how to plant a pine tree in this article.
It's autumn. The leaves are turning colors and falling, and it's time to start bagging those leaves! Learn how to make bagging autumn leaves easier in this article.
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You'd like to learn how to store your canna lily bulbs for next year. Here's how to store canna bulbs.
You'd like to plant a peach seed in your garden, but you don't know how. Learn how to plant a peach seed in this article.
If you know how to grow sugar beets you'll always have a good source of carbohydrates, protein, minerals and vitamins. Read this article and get more information about how to grow sugar beets.
You planted a nectarine tree, and you now need to learn how to prune it. This article will tell you how to prune nectarine trees.
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Is "winterize sprinkler system" on your to-do list? It should be! Learning how to blow out your sprinkler system will protect your irrigation system so that it's still working come spring.
You bought a calathea plant, and now have to learn how to care for it. Learn about how to care for a calathea plant in this article.
You bought some bamboo plants to decorate your home, and now realize that you don't know how to care for them. Learn about how to care for bamboo plants this article.
Pesticides can be harmful, but they can also be very useful. Find out how to use them safely in this article.
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Mango is your favorite fruit and you'd love to learn how to plant a mango tree from a seed. Go no further because in this article you will learn how to plant a mango seed.
Lately your friends are all talking about how easy it is to plant alfalfa seeds. Read in this article all about alfalfa and how to plant alfalfa seeds.
Japanese maples grow slowly, but they are beautiful and colorful in the fall. They're also easy to care for.
Make sure that your hydrangea blooms again in the spring by learning how to prepare it for winter. Learn about how to prepare hydrangea for winter in this article.
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Millet is a popular food that's easy to grow yourself. Here's a guide to how to grow millet.
Nothing is as satisfying as growing a plum tree from a pit. This article shows you how to grow a plum tree from a pit.
You know it's important to prune your pine trees, but you're not sure how to do it. In this article we will teach you how to prune pine trees.
You'd like to plant podocarpus, but don't know how. Learn how to plant podocarpus in this article.
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As is usually the case, time is in short supply and has been slipping away from you fast. You had great intentions of preparing your summer garden months ago, but life got in the way. Is it too late?
Flowers are gorgeous to look at, but they've also got a lot to say. There's a secret flower language we'll clue you in on -- and you might be surprised by the message your favorite bloom is sending!
By Echo Surina
If you're sneezing and scratching your eyes, it's probably because it's allergy season. Which plants are the worst hay fever offenders?
By Debra Ronca
Why do some people love flowers so much? It could be their delicate beauty or bright colors, but more than a few will cite the way they smell. There's a reason why Shakespeare felt compelled to contemplate the sweet scent of the rose, after all. Here are 10 of the most fragrant flowers around.
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The sun is warm, the breeze is cool and the steady hum of lawnmowers fills the air. It's time to make your grass look picture perfect.
Long a tool of professional landscaping companies, lawn and garden vacuums are slowly encroaching on leaf blowers as the yard cleanup tool of choice. How do these machines suck up your lawn's dead leaves?