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A male House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) eating blueberries on the bush.

Want More Birds in Your Yard? Plant What They Need to Thrive

An expert recommends 12 native plants that offer food, shelter, and nesting material throughout the year.

By Lisa Cericola

old fashioned herbs

Beautiful Forgotten Herbs to Grow

By Arricca Elin SanSone

most beautiful sunflowers to plant starburstgreenburstdmrcat

9 Stunning Sunflowers You Still Have Time to Plant

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Close-up of male and female cardinal perching on feeder

This Is Why Birds Aren’t Visiting Your Feeder

By Jill Gleeson

Hands holding phalaenopsis orchid and transparent flower pot before repotting.

How to Repot an Orchid (And When to Do It)

By Charlyne Mattox, Christopher Michel

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Outdoor Decorating

screened in porch with wicker couch and chair topped with white cushions

3 Simple Decorating Tricks to Take Your Screened-In Porch from Drab to Dreamy

These simple design moves—pulled from our favorite Country Living porches—make any screened-in space feel more finished and inviting.

By Amy Mitchell

Get Your Hands in the Dirt This Spring!

Various gardening tables displayed with plants, tools, and watering cans in four different styles and colors.

Amazon’s Best Potting Benches, from Just $56

By Sarah Lyon, Jessica Dukes

Monarch butterfly feeding on a pink swamp milkweed flower

The Best Flowers for a Butterfly Garden

By Charlyne Mattox

beautiful summer flowering pink climbing roses on a wooden garden arch in an English cottage garden

Country Living Garden Club: English Garden Ideas

By Charlyne Mattox

bright peonies in flowerbed

What to Do with Peonies After Flowering

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Bird-Watching

Bird in Birdbath

The One Thing Birds Need Most During a Heat Wave (It’s Not Birdseed)

Help backyard birds stay cool and hydrated with a shallow dish of fresh water—no pricey birdbath required.

By Lisa Cericola

right depth for birdbath

Is Your Birdbath Too Deep?

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Birdfy Smart Bird Bath Camera Review

My Review of the Birdfy Smart Bird Bath Camera

By Jessica Dukes

Male Indigo Buntings and a male cardinal on a bird feeder in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA

Why Gen Z Is Suddenly Obsessed with Bird-Watching

By Terri Robertson

Eagle taking off from its nest, with a scenic view of a lake and mountains in the background.

Big Bear Valley Eaglets Luna and Sandy Fledge

By Terri Robertson

Lawn Care

Spring gardening

Should You Aerate Your Lawn This Summer?

By Charlyne Mattox, Jason Lanier, Christopher Michel

too hot to mow

4 Signs It’s Too Hot to Mow Your Lawn

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Lawn mower cutting grass. Small grass cuttings fly out of lawnmower. Grass clippings get spewed out of a mower pushed around by landscaper. Slow Motion. Close Up. Gardener working with mower machine.

Cut Your Grass Higher This Summer

By Charlyne Mattox

Surface level view of backyard sprinkler spraying

4 Bad Lawn-Watering Habits to Break

By Charlyne Mattox

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Houseplants

Different green house plants on window in sunny summer day. Banner. Selective focus.

I Used to Put My Houseplants Outside in Summer—Here’s Why I Stopped

Thinking about giving your houseplants a summer vacation? Here are 4 reasons I keep mine indoors instead.

By Arricca Elin SanSone

houseplants near the window still at home in white pots

How to Repot a Plant the Right Way

By Charlyne Mattox, Arricca Elin SanSone

plants growing from cuttings in jars of water in a window

10 Easy Plants You Can Grow for Free From Cuttings

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Ripe California Meyer lemons ready for harvest

3 Meyer Lemon Tree Questions, Answered

By Terri Robertson

ric rac cactus

The Best Indoor Cactus Isn’t Spiky at All

By Arricca Elin SanSone

do houseplants go dormant in winter

Winter Houseplant Care Guide

By Arricca Elin SanSone

blooming phalaenopsis orchids. white, purple, pink flowers blossom on window sill. close up of house plants

How to Keep an Orchid Alive (1-Minute Masterclass)

nostalgic houseplants

10 Houseplants Grandma Grew That We Still Love

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Zamioculcas zamiifolia plant in white flower pot on the wooden table against the white brick wall. Home decor of modern apartment

This Is the Easiest Houseplant for ANYONE to Grow

By Arricca Elin SanSone

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Tips and Tricks

foliage plant for season long color

Plant Coleus for Brilliant Color Until Frost

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Women's hands cut lavender

What to Do with Lavender After Flowering

By Lisa Cericola

Beautiful multicolored blooming decorative irises on a flower bed in the garden on a sunny day.

Is It Time to Divide Your Bearded Irises?

By Terri Robertson

Colorful zinnias and marigolds in garden bloom

6 Flowers to Plant for Fall Blooms

By Charlyne Mattox

Gloved hands pulling poison ivy in landscape, with floral patterns on the gloves.

How to Remove Poison Ivy Safely

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Mother and son gardening around the house

The Best “Passalong” Plants

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Flower prepared for replanting, potting.

Weekend Garden Projects for a Fast Refresh

By Charlyne Mattox

mature woman using can for watering beautiful flowers in garden.

Heat Wave Gardening Dos and Don’ts

Watering seedling tomato plant garden with watering can.

How Often Should You Water Tomatoes?

By Charlyne Mattox, Christopher Michel

Person gathering squash in a vibrant garden with green plants and orange flowers under an overcast sky.

What a DIY Expert Learned Growing Food

By Charlyne Mattox

Rear view of girl watering plants in backyard

6 July Garden Chores Not to Skip

By Charlyne Mattox

Monarch butterfly resting on a Zinnia flower surrounded by a field of vibrant, multicolored Zinnia and Celosia flowers

3 Heat-Loving Flowers to Plant in July

By Terri Robertson

Garden Tools

Hands using a Niwaki hori hori for weeding in a natural setting.

The Only Garden Tool I Use Every Day

By Arricca Elin SanSone

mini greenhouses on amazon 2026

12 Mini Greenhouses From Amazon—for as Low as $20

By Jessica Dukes

best frost blankets

Here Are the Best Plant Blankets to Protect Plants

By Arricca Elin SanSone

a coriander plant covered in a plastic cloche

Use this Garden Tool So You Can Start Planting Now

By Charlyne Mattox

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For Moon Gazers

moon in full moon phase rising above the trees in night sky

The Phases of the Moon: A Moon Gazer's Guide to the Lunar Cycle

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

By Terri Robertson

In Case You Missed It…

Open vintage red cooler filled with ice and a red item inside, placed on wooden floor next to a measuring cup and cleaner.

A Simple Summer Cooling Hack

Fireflies lighting up an open field with trees in the background

Bring Fireflies Back: 4 Easy Yard Tips

beafsteack tomato

How to Stop Tomatoes From Splitting

Charming wooden garden shed surrounded by plants and flowers

The Dreamiest Little Garden Shed

A young woman in a hat and denim overalls is watering flowers with a hose in the garden.

Water Less Often to Help Stop Weeds

tomatoes growing in the sunshine

4 Tomato-Growing Tips From an Italian Farmer

Flowering Autumn Joy Succulent Plant

5 Succulents That Can Take the Heat

Watering beautiful blooming hortensia plants in garden

4 Flowers That Need Extra Attention in a Heat Wave

Gardener's hand seeding pumpkin seeds.

Plant Pumpkins by July 4 for Halloween

what to prune july august

The Only Plants You Should Prune in Midsummer

Colorful beautiful summer garden.

Why Mulching Before a Heat Wave Matters

Catmint / Catnip, Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low' - II

11 Hard-to-Kill Garden Plants