Environmentally, no-till gardening helps reduce carbon pollution by keeping carbon locked in the soil instead of releasing it into the atmosphere through tilling. Growing your own food also cuts down ...

I am always looking for ways to be more efficient with my gardening at home. I don’t mulch established planting beds in my ...

Whether or not growing your own produce can actually save you a few dollars depends on many factors. Read these expert tips ...

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

Seedling protectors, bubble wrap and rodent fencing can help protect vulnerable plants from cold temperatures and hungry critters. Move your hoses and timers to safe locations. Cover the hose bibs.

Discoloration, thinning out, diseases, and excessive weeds are important signs that you need to replace your mulch. Pest ...

With daylight hours dwindling, we are reminded of this quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne: “I cannot endure to waste anything so ...

While you don't want to use a metal garden rake to clear leaves on your lawn, using a leaf rake to level the soil in your ...

You've got a brown thumb. It's OK; we all start somewhere. The good news is that you don't have to be born with a green thumb ...

Try this DIY version of mulch glue to keep many kinds of mulches in place in your garden or yard. Best of all, you can even ...

Fall is a great time to mulch the garden, but these common mulching mistakes could harm or even kill your plants in winter.

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