8 Best Lavender Leaves Uses You Didn't Know

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Learning how to make your own cucumber beetle trap can save you a lot of trouble and prevent the need for pesticides. In this article, I’ll share the easy DIY cucumber beetle trap I’ve been using for years. It doesn’t cost much to make using only simple household materials and only takes a few moments of your time to set up. Meet the cucumber beetle Cucumber beetles are common pests of all cucurbits, including melons, like watermelon and cantaloupes, g

With cultivars for every season, shrubby salvias grow tall, big, and bouncy and produce long-lasting, nectar-filled blooms in pigmented hues—a magnet for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds! Let’s explore.

Having an all-in-one cleaning product on hand in your home can prove extremely helpful when trying to address a wide variety of issues all at once. Many people turn to all-purpose cleaner Mr. Clean when tackling their walls, doors, bathtubs, and more, but is it a safe product to use on wooden floors?

Isn’t fall when all garden things shed, and plants push out the final blooms before diving into dormancy? Not if you live in a warm climate—which makes autumn perfect for growing the spectacular, summer-blooming cosmos! Let’s explore.

Fabric designer Richard Smith and his husband Andrew Blackman's garden in East Sussex, where the mature trees were a particular draw

Kim Cornelison

Foliage plants are underrated—they do much to keep a garden alive, while blooms get all the credit! This article focuses on outdoor plants with dark violet and purple leaves, which are perfect for creating contrasting waves of color through the seasons, even in the absence of blooms!

Knowing the best spots for your Monstera can help you in transforming your home into a tropical retreat. Here are all the places where this big foliage houseplant will thrive and become a center of attraction.

Carson Downing

With a slew of online furniture retailers available, many offering free shipping and returns, it seems like both an exciting and easy enough task to replace the 10 year old couch you’ve grown tired of or find entire furniture suites and textiles for several empty rooms in your new house or apartment. But before you do, there are a few things you should consider first.

A great interior designer can make style seem effortless. Their knowledge and understanding of what makes a beautiful space is innate—but they, too, look to other pros for advice.