gardening

This image provided by Proven Winners shows Supertunia Mini Vista® Pink Cloud®, a new petunia variety for 2026. (Proven Winners via AP)

FILE - Compost made from decomposed green kitchen scraps, yard litter and garden waste, appears in New Market, Va., on March 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick, File)

FILE - Volunteers place mulch around a tree at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center Martinez Arena in Griffith Park in Los Angeles on July 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Indoor-grown microgreens are harvested on Long Island, N.Y., on Jan. 29, 2024. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

FILE - Food scraps sit inside a residential compost bin in Cincinnati on July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

This image released by Netflix shows Zach Galifianakis from his gardening series "This Is a Gardening Show." (Netflix via AP)

An assortment of plastic-free terracotta planting pots are displayed on Long Island, N. Y., on April 8, 2026. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

A shovel stands in a lumpy soil bed on Long Island, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 2021. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

Cherry tomato containers are repurposed to serve as seed-starting pots in Waitsfield, Vt., on Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Lessard)

Vegetables grow in a front yard garden in Oakdale, N.Y. on June 20, 2022. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

A collection of seed packets are displayed on a table on Long Island, N.Y., on Jan. 14, 2025. (Jessica Damiano via AP)