Mulch adds protection to the roots of plants from fluctuating temperatures, suppresses weeds, and prevents moisture ...

Three steps you can take now to be kind to your stressed lawn: 1.) Stay on top of the leaves. Fallen leaves can be mowed into ...

Fallen leaves make a fine mulch for garden beds and trees and shrubs, but they aren’t the only possibility. “Any kind of organic matter can make a good mulch,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge ...

When Briana Bosch started her Colorado flower farm, Blossom and Branch, the fifth-generation farmer—her family had a dairy ...

As the days grow shorter, there’s no time to waste - from nurturing your lawn to protecting delicate plants, timely tasks can ...

All through the summer, ornamental grasses have added life to our gardens, providing strong upright and mounding elements to ...

Sedges can be the focus of a garden landscape, a ground cover, a lawn alternative or a lower layer in a planting ... The ...

We are almost ready to wrap up the gardening season for the year. Almost. October and November are the wrap it up, clean it ...

Rats are a real nuisance for gardeners and an unpleasant visitor on your property. Whether you've got them already or want to ...

• Make a “base plan.” Measure your property with a tape measure or the measuring app on your smart phone. Plot it on grid ...

It also contains tall grass, alfalfa, clover or other seed heads that would sprout along with your bulb plants and make a mess of your garden come spring. Straw, the stalk of a grain crop that ...

IT’S that tricky time in our gardens when all the perennials are disappearing and we’re waiting for the bulbs to come. But to ...