Exclusive Gardening / Garden Guide How to Grow Chili Peppers: From Seed to Spicy Harvest How to grow chili peppers in the garden and on the patio: growing peppers from seed, hot peppers in pots, sun and temperature needs, simple chili pepper plant care, and when to pick chili peppers for the heat and flavor
Exclusive Gardening / Garden Guide How to Get Rid of Scale Insects: A Complete Guide (Including Cochineal Scale) How to get rid of scale insects on shrubs, fruit trees, cacti and patio plants: how to recognize soft scale, armored scale and cochineal scale, when to target the scale crawlers, and which safe treatments work. By
Exclusive Gardening / Garden Guide How to Get Rid of Slugs: 9 Natural Ways to Protect Your Plants How to get rid of slugs in the garden and on your plants: recognize slug damage, use natural slug control such as traps, barriers and hand-picking, and choose a pet-safe slug bait if you need one. By
Exclusive Gardening / Garden Guide Are Earthworms Good for Plants? Benefits, Worm Castings and When to Worry Are earthworms good for plants? Learn the real benefits of earthworms for soil and roots, what worm castings do, how to attract earthworms to your garden, and why invasive jumping worms are the one type you do not
Exclusive Gardening / Garden Guide How to Apply Insecticide to Plants Safely and Effectively How to apply insecticide in the garden the right way: when to spray insecticide, how to choose between insecticidal soap, neem oil spray and other products, how to read the label, which sprayer to use, and the pesticide safety steps that
Exclusive Gardening / Garden Guide How to Get Rid of Weeds: 9 Methods That Work How to get rid of weeds in beds, borders, paths and lawn edges: pull, smother, mulch and spot-treat them, with natural options first and a plan to keep them from coming back. By the Exclusive Gardening Editorial Team · Updated
Exclusive Gardening / Garden Guide White Bugs on Plants: How to Identify and Treat Them White bugs on plants in the garden, on the patio and in pots: how to tell mealybugs, whiteflies, woolly aphids and scale apart, what white spots on leaves mean, how to recognize powdery mildew, and the safest ways to treat
Exclusive Gardening / Garden Guide Gardening Myths: 12 Common Beliefs That Science Has Debunked The most persistent gardening myths, checked against university research: watering plants in the sun, gravel in the bottom of pots, coffee grounds for plants, Epsom salt for plants, wound dressings, talking to plants and more, with what to do instead. By
Exclusive Gardening / Garden Guide How to Save a Dying Plant: Diagnose the Cause and Bring It Back How to save a dying plant step by step: check whether it is still alive, recognize the signs of overwatering and underwatering, treat root rot, know when repotting a plant helps, and fix light, fertilizer and pest
Exclusive Gardening / Garden Guide Gardening Tips for Beginners: How to Start a Garden and Keep It Looking Great Simple, practical gardening tips for beginners: how to start a garden step by step, easy plants for beginners, the gardening tools for beginners you really need, and garden maintenance tips for lawns, hedges, trees and beds
