Pecan hulls make a lovely mulch in a perennial garden or shrub bed. They lay flat and, at least in my experiences, they ...

Our crews have been busy across Yarra Ranges, making our community spaces better every day! From refreshing parks to fixing ...

Nearly half of American homes are at severe or extreme risk of facing at least one type of climate-related natural disaster, ...

If you can't "learn to live with them," Neil Sperry suggests a ground cover that makes mowing around them unnecessary.

While gardens may appear to be dormant during the winter, they are actually very much alive and teeming with life.

Your Christmas tree’s next chapter starts in the garden. Let's explore unique ways to repurpose your tree for mulch, raised beds, or even wildlife habitat. Make your holiday greener, even after it’s ...

How Mulch Benefits Your Garden. Using mulch around trees and landscape plantings keeps grass from competing with them for ...

Dear Neil: I’m seeing the landscape guys putting mounds of mulch around tree trunks in town. Is that really a good idea? It seems like it would cause decay in the wood of the trunks.

After a long, tough stretch in recent years of battling thousands of acres of wildfires, State and Fire leaders meet deep in the pines to talk wildfire safety.

Business has been slow for independent snow contractors like Zach Bogdanoff of Yark Market Nursery. He and others in the field have been hoping for snow, but so far, the winter season has been dry.

The first day of spring is a little over a month away, but in the meantime, clean up your containers and tools and get your ...

Good mulching How wide is wide? A good mulch bed should extend out at least three feet from a tree’s trunk in all directions, though extending out to the dripline is preferred. This is where the ...