Why and How You Should Leave the Leaves This Fall

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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

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Jade plant (Crassula ovata) is a subtropical evergreen succulent with rounded, fleshy leaves and all the makings of an excellent houseplant. As the weather dips, it starts heading for dormancy and has different needs for the changing season. We show you how to care for a jade plant in the fall.

Timing is everything in successful gardening—this includes pruning! As we enter autumn, we share a selection of perennials you should never cut back in the fall if you want them to grow and bloom abundantly in spring and summer!

Bay leaf is a rich, aromatic herb popular in cuisines across the world. Replete with medicinal properties, it can be used dried, fresh in your food, or even in socks. You read that right! This natural remedy offers many benefits for many ailments, and here’s why you should keep bay leaf in socks!

4 Ways to Prep Your Spring Garden This Fall Do these 4 things this fall to get a head start on your garden next year! Take care of this fall garden prep for a better spring growing season

It wouldn’t be autumn without falling leaves. But after so many leaves start to pile up, what should you do with them in your yard? While many experts say you shouldn’t rake your leaves because moths and other beneficial bugs use them for laying eggs, home and garden pests like to call dying plant matter like fallen leaves home. Thus, it might be difficult to determine what exactly you should do with your fallen leaves.

Rudbeckias in Clare Foster's garden

On a recent hike in the foothills just southeast of my house, I couldn’t help but notice crisped, curling leaves on big flower cinquefoil ( Drymocallis fissa ) and the drought-tolerant mountain mahogany ( Cercocarpus montanus ), which took me back to the drought of 2001/2002, widely considered the benchmark drought for my area. Though I was a kid, I vividly remember the sense of collective worry and ensuing water restrictions, browning lawns and gardens, and tinder-filled natural spaces. The lack of water is sure to stress out plants, but there are several ways that you can get your garden through a drought without wasting water unnecessarily.

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For years, right around back to school time—and sometimes, even earlier—supermarkets, coffee shops, and some seriously unexpected places start deluging Americans with all things pumpkin spice. Ever since Starbucks debuted its pumpkin spice latte in 2003, countless copycats and pumpkin spice products have made this trend as much of a mascot of fall as leaf piles, football, and apple orchards.