"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Welcome the first buds of early spring with a garden-inspired wreath.

These cute cactus cupcakes are a lot easier to handle than their prickly look-alikes. Chocolate cake is baked in terra-cotta pots and then topped with cookie crumb dirt and a fudgy, chocolate-filled ...

You have lots of choices when potting plants, and you might think the type of pot or container you use isn't an important decision — but it can actually be pretty significant. Whether potting to grow ...

At first glance, the humble terra cotta garden pot isn't anything special. It's been around for thousands of years, used for pottery, roofing, bricks, even sculpture (see the famous warriors and ...

Q • I have lots of pots I plan to reuse for plantings this spring, both plastic and terra cotta. How should I clean them to make sure there aren’t any leftover pests on them? A: Reusing pots is a ...

Back in the day, chimney pots — terra cotta structures that fit over chimneys — served mostly utilitarian purposes. The added height improved a chimney’s draft and helped keep soot from coal-burning ...