Make Your Garden Bloom, Grow, Yield Endless Harvests, and Have Fun Doing It! Welcome to Gardening Chores – where your gardening aspirations meet our expertise. From the basics of setting up a garden to choosing| Gardening Chores
If you’ve ever owned a Christmas cactus, you know the struggle. You wait all season for those gorgeous flowers, only to find the buds show... The post Want Early Blooms? Try These 5 Tricks to Get Your Christmas Cactus Flowering Before Christmas appeared first on Gardening Chores.| Gardening Chores
If you’ve spent any time in your garden, you know the frustration—those stubborn weeds just won’t quit. You pull them out, and before you know... The post 15 Beautiful Ground Covers That Outcompete Weeds Without Chemicals or Constant Upkeep appeared first on Gardening Chores.| Gardening Chores
If your onions always turn out small or take forever to grow, you’re not alone. Most gardeners plant them in spring and simply hope for... The post Want Bigger, Earlier Onions Next Year? The Secret Is Planting Them in Fall (Here’s Exactly How) appeared first on Gardening Chores.| Gardening Chores
I was once told by a woman at a gardening center that I had “The Disease” when it came to finding the ultimate heirloom tomatoes.... The post 10 Must-Grow Tomatoes That Will Change Your Garden Forever appeared first on Gardening Chores.| Gardening Chores
I’ve spent enough time in the garden to know one thing for sure: not every rash is poison ivy’s fault. A few summers ago, I... The post Itchy Rash After Gardening? These 13 Common Phototoxic Plants Could Be the Cause appeared first on Gardening Chores.| Gardening Chores
By late summer, verbena has already had its moment in the spotlight — those tall, wiry stems crowned with purple blooms, buzzing with bees and... The post This Old-Fashioned Verbena Trick Guarantees You’ll Have Even More Blooms Next Summer for Free appeared first on Gardening Chores.| Gardening Chores
When the last leaves drop and flowers are long gone, the garden is stripped back to its essentials. Shapes, textures, and the play of light... The post 10 Shrubs With Fiery Winter Stems to Plant Now for Color ‘Til March appeared first on Gardening Chores.| Gardening Chores
As a garden designer, I’ve come to see winter as the true test of a planting scheme. In summer, flowers do much of the work... The post 15 Plants That Keep Your Garden Magical All Winter (Even in Snow and Frost) appeared first on Gardening Chores.| Gardening Chores
One of the secrets of a garden in bloom that really looks great is to grow flower varieties with different shapes! Bell looking blossoms are... The post 15 Bell-Shaped Flowers That Add Graceful Drooping Blooms to Your Garden appeared first on Gardening Chores.| Gardening Chores
Holiday cacti have a way of stealing the spotlight just when we need it most. At a time of year when the garden is resting and daylight is scarce, these tropical plants put on a| Gardening Chores
September feels like a good time to tidy up the garden, but pruning the wrong shrubs now can be a big mistake. When you cut them back too early, you often trigger a flush of| Gardening Chores
Gardens are more than lush leaves and colorful flowers – they are havens for little animals, like butterflies, bees and birds… And you should attract as many as you can to your land, because they| Gardening Chores
Your garden doesn’t just have to be the backdrop for Halloween — it can be the main event. Those shrubs and hedges you see every day are just waiting for a little Halloween mischief to| Gardening Chores
I’ve always believed the front porch deserves just as much attention as the garden beds or back patio—maybe even more. It’s the first thing people see, the first place that says “This is home.” And| Gardening Chores
You ever walk past someone’s Halloween porch and immediately wonder if they’re okay? Not in a “ugh, another jack-o'-lantern” kind of way.In a “did that flower pot just blink at me?” kind of way.Yeah. That’s| Gardening Chores
Daylilies are one of those plants that give you a lot for very little—bright, bold flowers, low-maintenance care, and lush green leaves that fill out a garden bed beautifully. But if you've watched your blooms| Gardening Chores
If you’ve been standing there wondering whether your peppers are ready to pick — or if you’re about to mess it up and pick too early — you are 1000% not alone. Peppers are notoriously| Gardening Chores
Trees give your garden shade, structure, even color with their foliage and flowers, but their roots can be troublesome… You must have seen whole sidewalks lift up and even walls lean to a side pushed| Gardening Chores
I’ll be honest—deadheading makes me feel like I’m doing something right in the garden. For a lot of us, it just feels like part of summer. Snipping off old flowers, cleaning up the beds, and| Gardening Chores
Do you have a woodland area, even small, and you want to get crops out of it? Or maybe you want to plant trees, but you don’t want to waste valuable space for veggies and| Gardening Chores
The “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” is upon us, but to keep your backyard fertile, you need to act now! Fall is by no means the end of the season – on the contrary!| Gardening Chores
Finding one or several yellow leaves on your beautiful Peace Lily can be stressful. Peace Lilies are beautiful and hardy houseplants, so you might immediately panic and wonder if you have done something wrong. And| Gardening Chores
5 Things You Should Do Now After Hydrangeas Finish Blooming—Are You Missing Any?| Gardening Chores
Begonias can bloom for such a long time that you wonder how they manage it… In fact, they can run a flowering marathon all through the season, from spring to fall! New buds open every| Gardening Chores
Let me ask you a question, what do you associate chili peppers with? Heat of course! Sunny days in Mexico, beating sunshine, spicy food… But if you live in a cold climate, how can you| Gardening Chores
Summer can come so suddenly! And an unexpected heatwave can spell disaster for your veggies, and for some decorative plants too. It’s good news for peppers and eggplants, true, but lettuce, spinach, all your Brassicaceae| Gardening Chores
15 Edible Crops You Can Grow in Your Woodland Garden| Gardening Chores
One of the best tricks for growing a healthy, abundant potato crop is knowing exactly when and how to fertilize them – and just as crucially, when to stop! Why are potatoes the world’s favorite| Gardening Chores
If you haven't started growing chives in your garden yet, you're seriously missing out on one of the easiest and most rewarding plants. Trust me, make room for chives in your garden and you won’t| Gardening Chores
Boost your pepper garden with these perfect plant partners! Click to read more and enhance your garden's productivity.| Gardening Chores
Every spring, we get the same burning question: how do you get young cucumber plants off to a strong start and keep them producing all summer long? Well, I’m here to spill the beans—or rather,| Gardening Chores
Big and lush, colorful and luxurious, hosta leaves are a wonder of Nature, but they are delicate too, and it can be hard to keep them healthy and strong from spring to fall. We love| Gardening Chores
Is it truly possible to have big, beautiful blooms in your hanging baskets all summer? Yes, and here's how you can do it!| Gardening Chores
There’s nothing sweeter than eating tomatoes picked on the day from your own vegetable garden! Maybe they don’t look as good as those you get from the grocery store, but they taste a million times| Gardening Chores
For an abundant crop of tasty tomatoes, getting your young plants off to a fast start with fertilizing is essential. But the real secret? It's all about how, when, and what you use to power| Gardening Chores
Let me let you in on a little secret from the past—our old calendars weren't just for keeping track of days; they were a gardener's best friend, moon phases and all. Why the moon, you| Gardening Chores