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Best Grass Types for DC-Area Lawns

The key to a healthy, beautiful lawn is choosing the right type of grass (and a great professional landscaper). Since not all grasses …

Molly McRedmond
Landscaping
The Best Grass Types for South Florida Lawns

Grass is an important part of your landscaping—even more so if your household includes kids or pets. But as utilitarian as grass may …

Julia Clem
Landscaping
Best Types of Grass for Houston Lawns

Caring for your lawn and keeping it beautiful can be a challenge, especially in the Houston area, where the weather is hot and humid …

Molly McRedmond
Landscaping
10 Questions to Ask Your Landscaper

Landscaping is hard work, and since your yard plays such a significant part in your home’s curb appeal, there’s not much room for …

Julia Clem
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Drought-Tolerant Plants for Texas Yards

As a native of the southeast US, when I think about extreme weather, I think about hurricanes that make their way up the eastern …

Julia Clem
Landscaping
Softscaping 101 by Best Pick Reports

I fell in love with color and flowers at a young age. From the rosebush with intense red blooms in my family’s front yard to the …

Randie Chapman
Landscaping
Your Guide to Gardening with Native Plants

Have you ever ripped out landscaping and started from scratch? If you haven’t, I’ll go ahead and spoil the surprise for you: it’s not a …

Julia Clem
Landscaping
Gardening Mistakes I Made Last Year (and How to Avoid Them)

When I planned my garden at the end of last winter, I was filled with visions of turning my backyard into a little homestead. I was …

Julia Clem
Landscaping
The Best Deer- and Drought-Resistant Plants for Northern Virginia

If you live in the southeast and mid-Atlantic parts of the United States, you are probably familiar with the two greatest threats to …

Julia Clem
Landscaping
How to Plant a Cold-Weather Garden

Very little compares to homegrown summer produce. If you’ve harvested the last of your late-summer bounty and have already started the …

Julia Clem
Landscaping
Landscaping 101: How to Get Started

It may seem impossible for you to turn your landscaping dreams into reality when you don’t have any idea where to even begin. How do …

Stephanie Grant
Landscaping
Best Grass Types for Georgia Lawns

Luckily for Georgia homeowners, peaches aren’t the only plant that grows well in the sweltering summers and mild winters of the …

Katherine Norton
Landscaping
Organic Lawn Care 101

I remember watching the technician walk around the yard with a backpack fogger spraying every inch of grass. I looked down at my dog …

Malone Walker
Landscaping
Tending to Rose Gardens in National Rose Month

June is National Rose Month, and today is National Red Rose Day. Even though these aren’t federal holidays that we get time off for, …

Ensley Caldwell

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