As you're prepping your garden for its winter slumber (or even introducing new plants for a winter vegetable garden), you ...

Mulch helps suppress weeds, keeps soil moist, and helps regulate soil temperatures. Adding a second layer of mulch after the first frost in the fall will offer plants additional winter protection.

Raking leaves is tedious and a chore. So don’t do it. In fact, that’s the lawn care advice one regional expert from Virginia Tech has.