Water your lawn deeply and infrequently rather than shallowly and frequently. Deep watering encourages root growth, which ...

Paul Locher outlines the use of rye straw to make baskets and store dried apple slices, schnitz, at homesteads in the early ...

Visiting birds may be a welcome sight, but not so if you've just seeded your lawn. Here's an easy way to keep the feathered ...

The video, captioned, "I'm not a fan of rubber mulch and I felt compelled to put this out there," explains that rubber mulch, while commonly used because it lasts a long time, can seriously damage ...

The ice storm and long periods of freezing temperatures in January made this a hard winter for some of the tropical plants in ...

And while people are complicated and need different things, plants have pretty much universal (and simple) demands. When it comes to fixing up [...] ...

Knowing the right time to plant garlic is key to a successful harvest. While this root crop depends on cooler temperatures to grow and thrive, the ideal planting time will depend on your gardening ...

Mulch fills many important functions such as weed suppression, reducing wind erosion, and moderating soil temperature.

With inflation and economic uncertainty, people are fighting back against high prices by planting gardens in their backyards.

Unlike some other mulches, pine needles mesh together and hold together during hard rains, heavy winds and even on landscapes ...

This is a good time to check your houseplants for pests and some trees and shrubs are ready for pruning. See what else you can do while waiting to get into the garden.

I still love to mulch. It’s relaxing; I’m outdoors and can see immediate results of my labor! It’s multitasking too: mulching ...