Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Someone planting a ground cover plant in fresh soil - Chet_w/Getty Images While ground cover plants are often referred to as ...

Ground cover plants are a wonderful way to cover bare areas of your yard and fill in spaces in your flower beds. They are also terrific for rock gardens. Sometimes referred to as living mulch, ground ...

January is a wonderful time to assess the garden in terms both of design and health. My winter rambles always result in some constructive rearranging, as crowded plants are moved to more spacious ...

The end of summer is the best time to reseed thin spots in the lawn. The weather is cooling off at night, and if you get the task done by mid-September, the grass seed will have plenty of time to ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. It’s the annual fall dilemma. The leaves that have ...

Wind-driven air and too little precipitation are common wintertime side effects that can damage drought-sensitive trees, lawns and shrubs. You can help remedy that by watering while temperatures are ...

Applying mulch to your garden is easily done but sometimes a bit mysterious. “Do I mulch just to make things look pretty, or does it serve other purposes?” “Am I a bad gardener if I don’t use mulch?” ...

Redoing your mulch each year can be tedious and expensive. This trending alternative is lower maintenance and can give your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. pine-straw-mulch In some areas of the country, the choice between mulching with pine needles and wood mulch is a tough one. Since ...

You purchased new mulch to refresh your flower bed, but it looks different. Can you mix different types of mulch in the same ...