Mountain View, CA

Chrysanthemums shine in late summer and fall, adding fresh color to span the seasons as other bloomers fade. With varieties in different forms, colors, and flower shapes, they bloom in sprays, with many small flowers, or as large-flowered selections with showy, single blooms per stem. If you’re catching the bug to add hardy chrysanthemums to your garden, there are many ways to propagate and enjoy these easy-care perennials for seasons to come.

How to Propagate Chrysanthemums

The garden is a fabulous place to teach children about a myriad of scientific processes. From etymology to biology to genetics, working in the garden is a great introduction to topics they will one day need to understand. When it comes to keeping my kids’ attention, things have to progress pretty fast, so fast-growing plants are a must.

19 Fast-Growing Plants to Grow with Kids

The varieties and colors of petunias are vast and include four main types: grandiflora, multiflora, millifora, and trailing ground cover. The colors range from pure white to the brightest pink, all colors between and picotee too. With so many choices available, it makes sense to grow the ones that perform...

How to Save Petunia Seeds For Next Year

When you’ve worked hard to keep your summer squash happy throughout the season, watching previously green leaves slowly turn white is understandably distressing. But white leaves on squash are surprisingly common and not as scary as you may think. If you take a closer look at the leaves, you’ll...

Why Are the Leaves on my Squash Turning White?

Petunias are must-have plants known for their large and vibrant flowers. They look particularly stunning in containers and add a wonderful pop of color to container gardens. Unfortunately, petunias rarely stay as vibrant and lush as the day you bought them, particularly if you don’t maintain them correctly. Leggy...

5 Solutions for Leggy Petunias

Why plant a tree? There are plenty of benefits to growing trees. First of all, trees are easy to care for. Once they’re established, most trees don’t require much additional maintenance. They provide shade, privacy, and shelter from the elements. All plants provide critical environmental services, such as making oxygen and helping clean the air and water. Trees also provide a critical food source for humans and wildlife.

15 Trees to Plant in September

Seasons change and bring with them new tasks. This is exciting for us home gardeners because it means we can pivot and adapt to our garden’s needs. Watering plants all summer is fun, but it’s also nice when the repetitiveness ends, and we can focus on other things. Fall invites a slew of diverse chores that will get you down and dirty in your garden.

9 Ways to Keep Your Garden Looking Fresh This Fall

If you want to introduce your kids to the joys of gardening, weeding and composting are probably not the best ways to do it. Instead, I recommend starting with the avenue that got me into gardening in the first place—houseplants. Houseplants are the ideal kid-friendly way to teach about...

21 Kid-Friendly Houseplants for Your Budding Plant Enthusiast

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Avoid these common errors when growing tulips, daffodils, and other springtime favorites – from overwatering to wrong planting depths

Bulb planting mistakes – 8 errors to steer clear of when prepping your spring garden display

Maybe you bought a fuschia-filled basket in spring, or you made one recently with perennials and annuals from your garden. No matter what kind of hanging basket you own, fall weather causes changes in different species, with some growing new sprouts and others going dormant for winter. Listen to their needs, and they’ll give you one last hurrah of blooms before the season’s end.

7 Tricks to Give Your Hanging Baskets a Fall Refresh

Petunias are wonderful flowering summer annuals that come in so many different colors and color combinations that they will brighten up any garden or patio with their colorful blooms. They are also useful for their different growth habits. Some are trailing and like ground covers, perfect for trailing in hanging...

9 Ways to Save Wilting Petunias

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The weekend is almost here, and some zodiac signs are set to close the week stronger than they started. Today's cosmic combo seems favorable to their financial landscape as the universe sends sprinkles of luck and good fortune to their finances.

3 Lucky Zodiac Signs with Financial Abundance | September 6, 2024

Denver, CO

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An opinion piece appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA this week illustrates why the drug problem among people experiencing homelessness in Denver may be so severe. It's because many homeless people aren't addicted to just one drug, but two, according to the viewpoint's author, Benjamin A. Howell of Yale School of Medicine and colleagues.

Fentanyl-meth combo ravages homeless in Denver, so why aren't there better treatments?

Washington, DC

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A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

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A cluttered kitchen sink area can make the whole room look messy and this likely impedes your productivity. Why not take a couple of minutes to do a proper decluttering to get the kitchen sink area decluttered & organized?

Keep The Kitchen Sink Area Decluttered & Organized

Kansas City, MO

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Cats of Kansas City

Could you and your family use an adorable companion that will bring you love and joy for years and years? These six cats are adoptable right now from local Kansas City shelters. Just click on the link provided with each to get in touch with their shelters.

Six wonderful cats to adopt this Labor Day weekend

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Jefferson County, KY

Louisville, KY

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Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

Aurora, CO

The City of Aurora’s plan for a homeless navigation campus focusing on “work first” is coming together. The City Council will vote during its study session Monday on a resolution sponsored by council member Dustin Zvonek that spells out how the campus will operate. “The City of Aurora wishes to pursue an alternative to the ‘Housing First’ approach, by setting requirements and expectations for housing to include participation in addiction recovery, mental health, and job training programs to better address homelessness,” the resolution states. “It is inhumane and economically unwise to allow individuals experiencing homelessness to remain on the streets, or simply offer unconditional housing, rather than providing them with the necessary support services that offer a structured path to self-sufficiency and housing.”

Aurora’s ‘work first’ homeless plan: Instilling responsibility

Salem, OH

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

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There are many complex and nuanced reasons why people might get back together with an ex. Taking an ex-partner back is a big decision that's not to be taken lightly but sometimes the decision is in the stars. Some zodiac signs are even known for potentially getting back with their exes more than others. Let's see which 4 are the most likely and dive in why.

4 Zodiac Signs That Always Go Back to Their Exes

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How To Create a Perennial Border That Works: 11 Recommendations

Perennial borders delight with exuberant flowers and foliage in a seemingly effortless fashion. They bring the garden to life with a dynamism that changes with the...

How To Create a Perennial Border That Works: 11 Recommendations

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