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

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 ...

Sick of weeding or watering your garden all the time? Are you losing plants ...

When you tidy up the garden after the winter, don’t tidy it too much. “Make sure you leave the mulch layer that covers your garden’s soil,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant ...

DEAR JESSICA: About 10 years ago, we purchased a hybrid hibiscus from a shopping channel that did not require that it be brought in during winter months. We left it planted in our yard year-round, and ...

While the practice of no-till gardening is not new, information has traditionally centered on agricultural field crops. Now, home gardeners are catching on. “The concept of no-till has been around for ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series about replacing a lawn with lower- water alternatives. The amount of water needed to maintain a Kentucky bluegrass lawn in Colorado (and the ...

A homeowner decided to ditch their traditional front lawn and shared their progress to Reddit's r/NoLawns community. After having a trailer of mulch delivered for sheet mulching, the OP said they're ...

Mulch does matter, especially here in the Yakima Valley where we are experiencing hot weather, drought conditions, and water strains and restrictions. Today we look at important reasons to add mulch ...