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This Free App Could Save Your Garden From Dying This Spring

February 11, 2026 by Catherine Reed Leave a Comment

This Free App Could Save Your Garden From Dying This Spring

Spring makes gardeners feel unstoppable right up until a warm week, a windy day, and one missed watering knocks plants sideways. If you’ve ever watched seedlings flop overnight or seen pots dry out faster than you thought possible, you’re not alone. The good news is you don’t need fancy sensors or expensive gadgets to get…

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A Closer Look at Garden Supplies Worth Buying at End-of-Season Clearance

A Closer Look at Garden Supplies Worth Buying at End-of-Season Clearance

End-of-season garden clearance can turn a routine trip past the garden center into a surprisingly productive treasure hunt. As retailers make room for fall merchandise, gardeners can find useful tools, containers, trellises, soil amendments, and other supplies marked down simply because the calendar changed. That does not mean every lonely bag or battered package deserves…

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Don’t Burn This Plant After Pulling It From Your Yard

Don’t Burn This Plant After Pulling It From Your Yard

Poison ivy may look like just another annoying weed once it comes out of the ground, but there is one thing it absolutely should not become: firewood. Burning poison ivy can send urushiol, the oily compound that causes its infamous rash, into the smoke and straight into the air around anyone nearby. That turns a…

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What Is Causing Black Residue on Leaves Beneath Trees?

What Is Causing Black Residue on Leaves Beneath Trees?

Black residue on leaves beneath a tree can look like someone dusted the garden with fireplace ash. The culprit often has a much more interesting story: sap-sucking insects feed high in the canopy, leave behind sticky honeydew, and sooty mold grows on that sugary mess as it falls onto lower leaves. Aphids and soft scale…

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Should You Compost Diseased Plants? The Answer Depends on How Hot Your Pile Gets

Should You Compost Diseased Plants? The Answer Depends on How Hot Your Pile Gets

Composting diseased plants sounds wonderfully efficient: the tomato plant gets sick, the garden removes it, and the compost pile turns the whole mess into something useful. Unfortunately, the compost pile does not automatically know which microbes are helpful and which ones came along for the ride. If the pile never reaches adequate temperatures throughout the…

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