That first autumn, I wasted a whole Saturday just raking and cramming leaves into bags. My back hurt, I had blisters, and I'd filled maybe 15 lawn bags. That's when I started researching alternatives.

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

Last year I got raked up in the great leaf collection controversy and eagerly sprouted my opinion about why requiring residents to bag their leaves was a bad idea. But when I could no longer ignore ...

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

There may be a 20-foot-tall skeleton on your next-door neighbor’s lawn and zombies in the yard across the street, but the real horrors often lie in unmarked graves in the ...

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 ...