Gardening Know How

Fertilizing hollyhocks will help these old-fashioned beauties thrive and bloom, adding stately color and height to any ornamental garden.

Hollyhock Feeding Made Simple: Fertilizing Hollyhocks For Better Blooms

One of the joys of gardening is planting flowers that come back year after year with minimal fuss. Perennials that are virtually pest-free take this joy to the next level, allowing you to enjoy a beautiful, thriving garden without the constant battle against insects and disease. Choosing these hardy plants means you can spend more time admiring your garden and less time worrying about pests.

12 Perennial Flowers That Are Virtually Pest-Free

Deadheading is one of the simplest and most rewarding gardening practices. By removing spent flowers, you can encourage plants to produce more blooms, prolong the flowering season, and keep your garden looking tidy. It’s such a satisfying task to see new buds forming where old flowers once were! If you’ve ever wondered which flowers benefit the most from deadheading, you’re in the right place.

15 Flowers That You Need To Deadhead For Better Blooms

Fill your garden with multitasking plants that ward off pesky mosquitos with their aromatic scent, while attracting precious pollinators with beautiful flowers.

7 Plants That Mosquitoes Hate But Butterflies Love – It’s Win, Win

For the busy bees and the lazy gardeners, here’s all you need to learn about Growing Orchids in Water. And they look stunning this way, too!. Orchids are the divas of the floral world. With all needs satisfied, they are utterly stunning! And when they effortlessly bloom out of crystal-clear water-filled jars, you know you’ve cracked the ultimate orchid code–water culture!

Growing Orchids In Water Forever

Why plant natives in containers? You may be like me. I rent where I live and am reluctant to plant too many of them in case we move to another house. I put any specialty or rare native plants I purchase in containers, so I can take them wherever I go.

26 Best Native Plants For Containers: Regional Recommendations

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Cockroaches may seem like nothing more than unclean pests, but they’ve actually been around for a very, very long time. Cockroaches first emerged as an Order of insects about 350 million years ago, during the early Carboniferous period. They’re members of the Blattodea Order, along with termites. Today, they occupy just about every environment on […]

Wood Roach vs Cockroach: How to Tell the Difference

Wyoming State

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Caitlin Tan wanted to breed her childhood horse, JP, because she’s been “amazing” — the type of animal any equestrian would be lucky to have once in a lifetime. Having access to coveted bloodlines increased the allure. Via the Miller Ranch, she could pair her 18-year-old mare with a stud descendent of Playboy’s Buck Fever.

Cream of the crop: a cremello foal is born in Wyoming

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Can You Park in Front of Someone’s Property in North Carolina?. Parking on crowded city streets and neighborhoods can be challenging, and many wonder if it's permissible to park in front of someone’s property. Here's a breakdown of North Carolina's parking rules:

Can I legally park in front of someone’s home? What North Carolina law says

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We all know people with a ‘sixth sense’ who seem to be just a little more in tune with the world than everyone else. Do you know which zodiac signs they probably are? We can’t be sure, but we’ll share the three signs most likely to have that bonus sense. Having six senses can be a burden and a blessing, and you just may find if you are one of these three signs that some things in your life can be explained by having an extra sense.

3 Zodiac Signs Who Have A Great Sixth Sense

Ground covers solve gardening issues in many ways. In a flower bed, they serve as green mulch, shading plant roots and retaining soil moisture. In an area with tough growing conditions, their spreading habit enables them to thrive where other plants don’t. As a lawn replacement, they are often less maintenance than traditional turf. Many ground cover plants also bloom, which helps to support local pollinator populations.

15 Spreading Ground Covers That Suppress Weeds

The love for animals generally brings with it a strong sense of compassion, companionship, and a need to care for all things natural. In your birth chart, caring for animals falls with your moon sign in the 6th house, ruled by Venus and Mercury.

3 Zodiac Signs That Most Love Animals

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

There are certain zodiac signs that most people are careful with because of their fiery and low tolerance levels. You can hardly mess with individuals with such signs without getting a backlash. Whether they are in work environments or family settings, they do not hesitate to set boundaries and protect them.

5 Zodiac Signs You Don't Mess With

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Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, recently introduced a six-year-old French bulldog named Joannie who is looking for her forever home. The local animal rescue explains: “Joannie was found as a stray extremely emaciated and less than half her current weight now. She was missing fur on her body, face and ears. She has been nursed back to health and is doing wonderfully. While her age and exact history is unknown, it is clear she has mothered more than enough litters in her short lifetime.”

Meet Joannie: The "Extreme Snuggler" French Bulldog Looking For Love

Homes & Gardens

Deep watering is more economical and efficient, as well as hugely beneficial to your garden

What is deep watering? How you can save resources in the garden and have stronger plants

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While peppers can be fairly hardy plants, even they can take damage from too much sun or too much water. Here's how to know which is which.

Are Your Dying Peppers Suffering From Overwatering Or Sunscald? Here's How To Tell

While no gardener likes dealing with weeds, some of these pesky plants are worse than others. If you’ve been unlucky enough to deal with bindweed, you know it deserves a place on the “worst weeds” list. Pulling it from the garden only makes it disappear for a week or two, and digging out the vigorous rhizomes is a labor-intensive task.

How to Get Rid of Bindweed: 7 Pro Tips

Choosing the right plants to grow alongside your lavender can be the answer to longer lasting blooms

Best lavender companion plants – 8 plants to pair with these fragrant flowers

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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Hollyhock Rust: ID and Treatment

Hollyhocks are towering bloomers of the summer display. These old-fashioned favorites bring striking color and form to the back of the border amidst other perennial and...

Hollyhock Rust: ID and Treatment

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