Put lawn waste to work as mulch.

Manual removal of grass from flower beds is best done after a rain. Mulching, groundcovers, and edging prevent grass from growing in flower beds. Treat annual grass weeds with pre-emergent herbicides ...

In my recent column about lawn care, I stated that many gardeners are trading in expanses of lawn for garden beds. Creating more space for flowers, edibles and native plants is an admirable goal, but ...

I love to garden, but I don’t like to do work needlessly. If I can find a gardening technique that saves me time, effort and money — well, I’m there. And you can’t find a better example of this than ...

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Do ground-up trees make a good mulch? Here’s a recycling avenue for today’s Earth Day that you might not know about – using ground-up, locally felled trees as landscape mulch. April is prime time to ...

Your lush green grass may be the envy of all your neighbors, but not if it's spilling over into your flower beds. If grass is creeping between the shrubs in your flower beds or among your flowers, it ...

Used correctly, mulch builds and improves your soil like nothing else. But don’t make these common mistakes. By Margaret Roach Mulch provides so many services in the garden, from retaining soil ...

Mulch can conserve soil moisture and provide nutrition and a buffer from the damaging effects of lawn equipment and foot traffic, but it can have drawbacks if used incorrectly. Bigstock Truckloads of ...

Flower beds are a beautiful addition to any yard, but it takes a good amount of work to keep them looking nice without getting unruly. Unfortunately, some grasses will creep in and try to take over ...