Plants & Flowers

Low-maintenance front yard landscaping ideas: native plants, gravel beds, evergreen shrubs, mulch, ground covers, and easy-care curb appeal.

Chicken coop interior ideas: nesting boxes, roosting bars, curtains, poop boards, feeders, lighting, and cute touches inside the coop.

Homecoming flowers made simple: corsage and boutonniere styles, matching them to a dress color, and a few bouquet ideas for photos before the dance.

A step-by-step vegetable garden guide for beginners: picking a site, sizing your first bed, easy vegetables to start with, and a simple watering routine.

How to grow strawberries: choosing June-bearing, everbearing or day-neutral types, soil and sun needs, spacing, mulching, and how to keep birds and rot away from the fruit.

Tomato growing tips covering spacing, watering, fertilizer timing and the common problems that keep plants from producing well.

How to dry, press and preserve flowers using the book, iron, microwave and silica gel methods, which blooms work best, and easy ways to display or use them once they’re done.

17 of the best fall flowers to plant for autumn color, from garden mums and asters to sedum and ornamental kale, with zones and bloom times for each.

How to grow cempasúchil, the Mexican marigold used for Día de Muertos: when to start seeds, sun and soil needs, and how to time blooms for early November.

Cottage garden ideas: dense flower borders, climbing roses, picket fences, herbs, self-seeding annuals, and charming English cottage style.