Both pine straw or wood mulch make an excellent mulch for your garden depending on the situation. Here's how to decide when ...

Before stowing your gardening gloves, discover how mulching in fall can benefit the soil and help plants better handle winter ...

Just like your spring and summer mulching helped keep moisture in the soil, your fall and winter mulch accomplishes the same task.

As a master gardener, I have over a decade of experience in growing and maintaining my own garden, and learning how to help ...

Autumn is in full swing, but before you hibernate for the winter make sure to set your azaleas up for success so they can thrive in the coming spring.

Cutting back hostas in fall keeps beds tidy and preps plants for spring. Here’s the best time and method for pruning hostas ...

The combination of fallen leaves and grass clippings and/or spent plants from the yard also makes the perfect recipe for ...

October brings cooler temps and more invitations to the great outdoors. Landscape pointers for this month include: ...

Not only do mulch volcanoes affect your trees' health, but they also don't benefit the local ecosystem. This landscaping alternative does, however.

“Zone zero is the most important component of defensible space for the protection of embers,” said Frank Bigelow, Cal Fire’s deputy director in the office of the state fire marshal, who served as one ...

If you are looking for a compact, colourful and low-maintenance tree for your garden during autumn, the Japanese rowan tree ...

Landscaping trends come and go, but bold and bright colors seem to be a mainstay. There's a new alternative to this trend, ...