Picture this: a crisp autumn afternoon, trees blazing in shades of amber and gold, leaves tumbling lazily to the ground. Most ...

Knowing when to add a second layer of mulch can insulate your plants, protect soil from extreme temperatures, and ensure ...

Getting ahead of weed control saves you from a springtime struggle. Whether turning to cover crops or avoiding "seed rain," ...

It's the season of falling leaves, and you might be tempted to use your pile as mulch for your garden and around the yard.

Every autumn, the same debate rustles across suburbia: rake it all, or leave some? We’ve all had that moment when the garden ...

It picks up both dry and wet leaves easily, too, which is just as well because at this point in autumn and after the weather ...

During the fall, leaves accumulate on lawns. Instead of raking them this year, here's how they can be used to improve yards ...

Leaves and leaf mold, often called garden gold, are highly nutritious soil amendments that can be used as a mulch to help ...

As the air cools and leaves start to tumble, gardeners everywhere begin their fall rituals—raking, pruning, and tucking their ...

As soon as we get a hard frost in the garden, it’s time to dig and store the dahlias, tender geraniums, cannas, etc. that ...

Mow light layers of leaves into the lawn. For heavier leaf layers that threaten to mat down the lawn or evergreen ...

Leave the Leaves, a campaign by The National Wildlife Federation and the Xerces Society, asserts that leaves are not trash, ...