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• Falling Temperatures Send Pests Indoors

  Fall yard maintenance helps keep intruders out.

• Repelling Rodents

  With mice and rats, the best cure is prevention. The best "Plan B" is immediate action.

• Organizing Your Home on Wheels

  What you need to take around town with you.

• Childproofing: Protect Your Family's Breathable Air

  Indoors and outdoors, here are steps you can take to protect your children.

• Spider Mites - Getting Them Off Your Plants

  What to do if your plants are on the spider mite menu.

• Mealybugs

  Control mealybugs to protect your plant and prevent mold growth.

• Outsmart Insect Scale Infestation

  Insects under cover, scale can suck the life from a plant.

• Plant Pests: Getting Rid of Whiteflies

  A combination of methods may be necessary to rid your plants of whiteflies.

• Aphid Alert

  Recognize and defeat an aphid infestation.

• Container Classics — Sprucing Up a Deck or Patio with Plants

  Improve your view with eye-pleasing plant combinations.

• Tomatoes in a Can

  Apartment dwellers and those with otherwise inadequate yards can still eat from a home-grown garden.

• All-Season Container Gardens

  Design and planting principles.

• Patio Gardens

  Transform your patio into an outdoor room.

• Fruit Trees in Containers

  Cultivate a personal-sized orchard.

• Planting a Window Box

  Not for windows only, these hanging boxes of color also grace decks, gazebos and patio enclosures.

• How to Grow Herbs Indoors

  With the right techniques, you can keep a fresh, indoor supply of culinary savors.

• Those Pest-y Houseplants

  Use humidity, temperature and other natural remedies to rid your greenery of pests.

• Pruning Houseplants

  Prune smart for attractive plants that know their bounds.

• Houseplants 101

  Grow a green thumb!

• Keep Your Pets Safe While Maintaining Your Lawn And Garden

  The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center answers the most common questions asked when it comes to gardening and yard care.

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