The gardening literature includes a wide range of instructions for implementing this process, which is also referred to as ...

"Who knew you can just START things even if you don’t have it all figured out?" Gardener shares inspiring before-and-after ...

Horticulturist Daniel Cunningham plants a Vitex (Texas lilac) after creating a new flower bed by using sheet mulching at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Dallas. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer ...

Hurricane Hermine left us with lots of yard trash. But it’s not all bad. This presents a good opportunity to obtain lots of relatively clean and chemical free mulch for your yard and garden. Wood ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: Oxalis and thistles have taken over my yard. Please tell me how to eradicate them for good. The overabundance of them is overwhelming me. Tina Morrill, San Jose DEAR TINA: Oxalis is ...

Experts offer step-by-step instructions for annihilating weeds and identify a stunning and fragrant spring azalea to add to your garden. EDNA ASKS: Last year I saw a stunning ornamental grass that ...

Sheet mulching and solarization and two inexpensive methods to remove your lawn. Question: Last summer, because of the drought, we stopped watering our lawn altogether and it turned brown. We thought ...

Spring is a busy time for nature. By the time summer rolls around, a garden can get so exuberant that it’s hard to keep it under control. Perhaps you have a big lawn that you would like to shrink or a ...

A big part of gardening is finding solutions to plant-related challenges. I found myself in that position, faced with a hillside yard that was too steep to safely mow, and too large to easily dig up ...