Gardening enthusiasts often find joy in potting plants, but there’s an unexpected downside lurking in many popular potting mixes: an ingredient that can attract pests like moths, gnats, and even ants.

At its simplest, potting soil is the stuff we use to fill up containers for plants. Confusingly, though, the bags we buy at the local garden center or big box store for potting houseplants, hanging ...

When potted plants like geranium or calibrachoa grow lush foliage and bloom profusely, this is in large part thanks to high-quality, pest- and disease-free potting soil, also referred to as potting ...

Before you fill your next container, consider if you should sterilize the potting soil first. Commercial potting mix fresh from the bag is safe to use without prior sterilization. Used potting mix is ...

Here's what to know about that bag of potting soil before you buy. Potting soil and potting mix usually contain the same or similar ingredients. Garden soil is not a good choice for containers because ...

The kind of soil you choose to place those beautiful plants in the ground in can be the difference between a thing of beauty and a, well, not so beautiful ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has elevated a nationwide recall of cake and bread mixes to a Class I designation, its most serious warning, issued when a product poses a risk of severe ...

After over a decade together, Little Mix went on a hiatus in 2022 Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...

Caladiums are easy-to-grow bulbs that add vibrant, tropical color to your garden, returning year after year.

A recall on cake mix products sold nationwide has been upgraded to the most serious U.S. Food and Drug Administration recall category. On Dec. 23, 2025, Dallas-based B.C. Williams Bakery Service, Inc.

Cake mix sold across the United States has been recalled over a risk of severe illness or death. A recall on Dallas-based distribution company B.C. Williams Bakery Service’s bakery mixes has recently ...

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