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 ...

There are still things you can do to prepare your lawns and gardens to manage the winter and emerge healthier next spring.

Now in November is the best time to boost your lawn so it comes back thicker and lusher next year, and you only need a few ...

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

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 ...

A: Your mums are beautiful! Mums, short for chrysanthemums, are perennials, but they are definitely borderline in winter ...

Gasoline lawn mower cutting grass, close-up. Backyard care concept Now is a good time to have garden soils tested ... beets ...

A desire to protect pollinators has earned Bronze Awards for three Girl Scouts. Sixth graders Niamh Burns and Brayah Kenville, and fifth grader Monroe Kroll, are members of Girl Scout Troop 4661, ...

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

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

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 ...