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The Best Soil for Blueberries Options

The Best Soil for Blueberries to Get the Right pH Level The Best Soil for Blueberries to Get the Right pH Level

By Savannah Sher

Best Soil For Fiddle Leaf Figs Options

The Best Soil for Fiddle Leaf Figs The Best Soil for Fiddle Leaf Figs

By Glenda Taylor

Hands pressing young tomato plant into soil

The Best Soil for Tomatoes The Best Soil for Tomatoes

By Glenda Taylor

The Best Weeding Tools Options

This Handy Tool is a Must-Have for Any Gardener This Handy Tool is a Must-Have for Any Gardener

By Mark Wolfe, Heather Blackmore, Timothy Dale

A group of the Best Retractable Garden Hose Reels together outside before testing.

The Best Retractable Garden Hose Reels According to Our Tests The Best Retractable Garden Hose Reels According to Our Tests

By Katie Barton, Tony Carrick

The best soil for raised beds options sits outside on the ground next to several thriving raised beds

The Best Soils for Raised Garden Beds The Best Soils for Raised Garden Beds

By Steph Coelho, Stacey L. Nash

Best Fertilizer Spreader

Yes, You Need a Fertilizer Spreader (Not Your Hands) To Treat Your Lawn—These 9 Tested Best Yes, You Need a Fertilizer Spreader (Not Your Hands) To Treat Your Lawn—These 9 Tested Best

By Mark Wolfe, Updated by Michelle Larson

Best Fertilizer For Bermuda Grass

Is Your Bermuda Grass Looking Patchy? Here’s the Best Fertilizer To Fix It Is Your Bermuda Grass Looking Patchy? Here’s the Best Fertilizer To Fix It

By Glenda Taylor

Someone pouring fertilizer into a Miracle-Gro container on a green lawn

The Best Fertilizers for Zoysia Grass The Best Fertilizers for Zoysia Grass

By Glenda Taylor

Multiple soil test kits lined up on a table

The Best Soil Test Kits According to Our Tests The Best Soil Test Kits According to Our Tests

By Glenda Taylor

The Best Organic Weed Killer Options

We Researched More than 20 Options to Find the Best Organic Weed Killers We Researched More than 20 Options to Find the Best Organic Weed Killers

By Glenda Taylor

Ace Hardware YardRx delivery truck outside of home

Ace Is the Place—For a New Lawn Care Subscription Service Ace Is the Place—For a New Lawn Care Subscription Service

By Amber Guetebier

Photo of a young woman planting a small tree in her backyard

Is Your Yard Disaster-Proof? 5 Projects That Could Protect Your Home Is Your Yard Disaster-Proof? 5 Projects That Could Protect Your Home

By Sandi Schwartz

Sharpening an orange hedge trimmer on work bench with work gloves on.

DIY

How to Sharpen Hedge Trimmers How to Sharpen Hedge Trimmers

By Bob Vila, Tony Carrick

The Best Organic Lawn Fertilizers Options

Improve the Look and Health of Your Grass With One of These Effective Organic Lawn Fertilizers Improve the Look and Health of Your Grass With One of These Effective Organic Lawn Fertilizers

The Best Fertilizer For Palm Trees Options

Our Favorite Fertilizer for Palm Trees Only Needs to be Applied 4 Times a Year Our Favorite Fertilizer for Palm Trees Only Needs to be Applied 4 Times a Year

By Katie Barton

best fertilizer for gardenias

The Best Fertilizers for Gardenias The Best Fertilizers for Gardenias

By Glenda Taylor

The Best Rooting Hormone Options

Propagate New Plants With Our Faovirte Rooting Hormone Propagate New Plants With Our Faovirte Rooting Hormone

The Best Fertilizers for Hydrangeas Options

The Best Fertilizers for Hydrangeas The Best Fertilizers for Hydrangeas

By Glenda Taylor

The Best Lawn Mower Snow Blower Combos Options

Use Your Lawn Mower Year-Round With This Handy Attachment Use Your Lawn Mower Year-Round With This Handy Attachment

Tomato Hornworm with a red flower backdrop.

How to Get Rid of Caterpillars How to Get Rid of Caterpillars

By Brenda Silva

The Best Backpack Sprayer Options

After 8 Hour of Testing, Our Favoriet Backpack Sprayer Was the Most Comfortable and Precise After 8 Hour of Testing, Our Favoriet Backpack Sprayer Was the Most Comfortable and Precise

By Mark Wolfe, Timothy Dale

A stunning backyard landscape with flowering and non-flowering plants.

11 Plants That Look Stunning in a Home Landscape With or Without Blooms 11 Plants That Look Stunning in a Home Landscape With or Without Blooms

Woman places a domed seed-starting tray on a table next to a sunny window.

How Starting Seeds Indoors This Year Will Help You Grow a Better Garden Than Ever How Starting Seeds Indoors This Year Will Help You Grow a Better Garden Than Ever

By Glenda Taylor, Mark Wolfe, Updated by Teresa Odle

A house and yard with a blooming dogwood tree in the foreground.

10 Types of Dogwood Trees to Beautify Your Yard Year-Round 10 Types of Dogwood Trees to Beautify Your Yard Year-Round

By Audrey Stallsmith

Lumberjack makes notch cuts in trunk to fell a tree.

How to Fell a Tree How to Fell a Tree

By Glenda Taylor, Michelle Ullman, Updated by Timothy Dale

Tree stump in a garden in with new green shoots sprouting from its cut stump.

How to Kill Tree Roots Naturally How to Kill Tree Roots Naturally

The Best Propane Heater Options set together against the side of a red barn.

The Best Propane Heater Can Be Used Almost Anywhere—Even Inside The Best Propane Heater Can Be Used Almost Anywhere—Even Inside

By Timothy Dale, Glenda Taylor, Bob Beacham

Snow Joe Snow Blower Review

This Single-Stage Snow Blower is My Favorite for Moderate Snow This Single-Stage Snow Blower is My Favorite for Moderate Snow

By Zach Lazzari

Closeup of a horseshoe around a horseshoe stake and rust-colored sand.

DIY

How to Build a Horseshoe Pit How to Build a Horseshoe Pit

By Jennifer Noonan

A man pushing an electric lawn mower (left) and a gas lawn mower (right).

Gas vs. Electric Lawn Mowers: Which Are Better? Gas vs. Electric Lawn Mowers: Which Are Better?

By Glenda Taylor, Updated by Tony Carrick

Insects tapped on window by sticky paper.

DIY

Pest Predictions: 2025 Could Be a Doozy for Many Households Pest Predictions: 2025 Could Be a Doozy for Many Households

By Sandi Schwartz

Happy man installing artificial lawn at home

DIY

How to Lay Artificial Grass How to Lay Artificial Grass

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila

The Best Moisture Meters, Tested

The Best Moisture Meters, Tested and Reviewed The Best Moisture Meters, Tested and Reviewed

By Timothy Dale, Tom Scalisi

Woman adds seeds to plant cells filled with soil.

8 Essential Tools and Materials for Starting Seeds Indoors 8 Essential Tools and Materials for Starting Seeds Indoors

By Audrey Stallsmith

Gardener pushes a lawn aerator and prepares soil for a grass turf installation.

How Much Does Lawn Aeration Cost? How Much Does Lawn Aeration Cost?

By Glenda Taylor, Evelyn Auer, Updated by Gretchen Heber

Multiple indoor plant fertilizer brands lined up against a green background

The Best Fertilizers for Indoor Plants, Tested and Reviewed The Best Fertilizers for Indoor Plants, Tested and Reviewed

By Mark Wolfe, Savannah Sher

A woman in a yellow shirt prunes a lemon tree with shears.

How to Prune a Lemon Tree the Right Way How to Prune a Lemon Tree the Right Way

By Audrey Stallsmith

Wall of decorative artificial houseplants.

You Won’t Believe These 5 Houseplants Are Fake (and Better for Decorating Than Their Live Equivalents) You Won’t Believe These 5 Houseplants Are Fake (and Better for Decorating Than Their Live Equivalents)

By Sandi Schwartz

A person gardening in their kitchen holding a small indoor hot pepper plant.

Our Favorite New Plants of 2024 and Why We Love Them Our Favorite New Plants of 2024 and Why We Love Them

By Debbie Wolfe

Garlic cloves growing indoors in pots.

Yes, It’s Possible to Grow Garlic Indoors—Here’s How Yes, It’s Possible to Grow Garlic Indoors—Here’s How

A groundhog (right) and gopher (left).

Gopher vs. Groundhog: What’s the Difference? Gopher vs. Groundhog: What’s the Difference?

By Deirdre Mundorf, Updated by Gretchen Heber

A potted plant surrounded by various supplies to help get rid of gnats.

How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats: 4 Remedies That Work How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats: 4 Remedies That Work

By Audrey Stallsmith, Phillip Tinner

Snowplow driving through residential neighborhood with snow on the ground.

Expert Tips for Protecting Your Property From Road Salt Damage Expert Tips for Protecting Your Property From Road Salt Damage

By Sandi Schwartz

how to till a garden without a tiller - person with red boots on shovel in dirt

DIY

How to Till a Garden Without a Tiller: 10 Solutions That Work How to Till a Garden Without a Tiller: 10 Solutions That Work

Best gifts for bird lovers

The 20 Best Gifts for Bird Lovers The 20 Best Gifts for Bird Lovers

By Jasmine Harding, Brie Greenhalgh

A small yellow bird with a red beak rests on a bird feeder.

7 Mistakes You Might Be Making With Your Bird Feeders 7 Mistakes You Might Be Making With Your Bird Feeders

A group of the best battery chainsaws pictured together on a stack of logs

We Tested the Best Battery Chainsaws, and Our Favorite is a Powerhouse We Tested the Best Battery Chainsaws, and Our Favorite is a Powerhouse

By Tony Carrick, Mark Wolfe, Mark Clement

People at a picnic with different grilling options

The 33 Best Grilling Gifts for the BBQ Enthusiast The 33 Best Grilling Gifts for the BBQ Enthusiast

By Brie Greenhalgh

Using a scarifier in the garden to improving quality of the lawn in spring.

10 Things to Know Before Dethatching a Lawn 10 Things to Know Before Dethatching a Lawn

By Heather Blackmore, Kat Hodgins, Updated by Bob Vila Staff

November’s Top Tool and Tech Innovations

November’s Top Tool and Tech Innovations Will Have You Ready for the Holidays November’s Top Tool and Tech Innovations Will Have You Ready for the Holidays

By Michelle Larson

A group of all the best hori hori knives laid out next to each other o a cream background.

Testing the Top 10 Hori Hori Knives To Find the Ultimate Garden Tool Testing the Top 10 Hori Hori Knives To Find the Ultimate Garden Tool

By Jasmine Harding, Mark Wolfe

cyber monday hydroponic deals

Cyber Monday Is the Best Time to Splurge on a Self-Watering Garden Cyber Monday Is the Best Time to Splurge on a Self-Watering Garden

By Stephanie Cronk

Cyber Monday lawn and garden deals

I’m an Outdoor Expert, and These Are the Lawn and Garden Cyber Monday Deals That Caught My Eye I’m an Outdoor Expert, and These Are the Lawn and Garden Cyber Monday Deals That Caught My Eye

The best leaf mulcher option next to a fence in a yard and sitting on top of leaves

The Best Leaf Mulchers of 2025 to Make Yard Care a Cinch, Tested The Best Leaf Mulchers of 2025 to Make Yard Care a Cinch, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Mark Wolfe

The best patio heater option set up on a table in a sunroom or porch with lots of cute houseplants in the background.

Our Favorite Patio Heater is Easy to Transport and Provides Plenty of Warmth on Cool Nights Our Favorite Patio Heater is Easy to Transport and Provides Plenty of Warmth on Cool Nights

By Glenda Taylor, Debbie Wolfe, Mark Wolfe

The Best Cordless Leafblowers

We Tested the Best Cordless Leaf Blowers of 2025, and Our Favorite Provides Massive Power for Cleaning Yards We Tested the Best Cordless Leaf Blowers of 2025, and Our Favorite Provides Massive Power for Cleaning Yards

A monstera plant with bright-green leaves climbs up a thick homemade moss pole.

How to Make a DIY Moss Pole for Climbing Houseplants How to Make a DIY Moss Pole for Climbing Houseplants

By Audrey Stallsmith

Garden bushes, tree and green grass lawn covered with water due to snow melting thaw and flash high water at spring. Natural disaster deluge flooded house backyard pathway ang greenery at countryside.

12 Ways to Fix a Soggy Yard 12 Ways to Fix a Soggy Yard

By Mark Wolfe, Kelly Weimert, Reviewed by Bob Vila

Best Gifts for Gardeners on blue background

The 30 Best Gifts for Gardeners That They’ll Actually Use The 30 Best Gifts for Gardeners That They’ll Actually Use

By Melissa Graham, Jasmine Harding

Close front-facing view of a coyote.

DIY

How to Keep Coyotes Away From Your Property How to Keep Coyotes Away From Your Property

By Melissa Graham, Updated by Teresa Odle

Mini Gardyn Review

Grow 16 Plants in 1.4 Square Feet With This Indoor Garden Grow 16 Plants in 1.4 Square Feet With This Indoor Garden

Green lawn (with a bit of clover) in a colorful landscaped formal garden.

How to Level a Yard How to Level a Yard

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila, Teresa Odle

A group of the best compost tumblers together in a yard

We Made More Than 100 Pounds of Natural Fertilizer to Find the 5 Best Compost Tumblers We Made More Than 100 Pounds of Natural Fertilizer to Find the 5 Best Compost Tumblers

By Jenn Ryan, Mark Wolfe