Late freezes can be devastating, since hardy plants in our landscapes can have tender new growth and fruit trees ... pile. Pine needles are great to use as mulch in the vegetable garden.

Good choices for ornamental types of bonsai trees that, like an indoor environment, are ficus and jade. If you plan on ...

Here are six ideas to steal front this front-yard food forest in Alameda, CA: Photography Caitlin Atkinson for Pine ... front garden. 6. Vary your textures. Above: Lacy asparagus fern, tree ...

20 percent finely ground pine bark mulch, 10 or 20 percent well-rotted compost, and the rest expanded shale. Blend all those together and you’ll have a potting soil fit for a king’s garden.

I have had the unfortunate experience of having to deal with landscaping after the Painted, Thomas and Mountain fires and I ...

An opening essay from the AR’s 1936 special issue on timber represents early 20th-century ideas of woodland management ... canopy in the forest and the removal of trees in no way disfigures the ...

Less is more when it comes to landscaping. While there’s something charming about old-fashioned backyards — the kind of lush, ...

Fire experts emphasize the need to replace highly flammable trees like Mexican fan palms and eucalyptus with fire-resistant ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. An excellent choice for a small ornamental tree with year-round interest is the kumquat or one of its hybrids, which do not eclipse eight feet in ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. An excellent choice for a small ornamental tree with year-round interest is the kumquat or one of its hybrids, which do not eclipse eight feet in ...