Q: This plant is spreading on the west side of my house. Can you identify it, and what can I do about it? — Martin Ness. A: The weed in your photograph is creeping Charlie, sometimes called ground ivy ...

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Mid-August is the time to prune your melon and squash vines. Unless they are a bush variety and only grow to a certain size, garden vines will continue to grow until frost. Problem is, the vines are ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But what if we told you that you could get the joy of the fall activity right in your own backyard by growing a pumpkin patch?

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Depending on your location, September is pumpkin spice latte weather or still hot enough for shorts and a dip in the pool. More often, we get some of both in this transition month. And as summer's ...