How to Plant a Low-Maintenance and Drought-Resistant Gravel Garden
If you’re tired of watering your lawn to keep it alive, or if you live somewhere with water use restrictions, you may have given up on having a garden. In…
Why Every Gardener Needs a Visual Diary
Your phone and social media love to remind you what you were doing on this day a year ago, or five. It’s a good way to marvel at how things…
Why ‘Foodscaping’ Is Better Than Regular Landscaping
For most people, landscaping is a purely decorative act. We design the exteriors of our homes for visual impact more than anything, resulting in immaculate lawns and colorful edgings that…
14 Things You Should Never Do to Your Lawn
Photo: Ikebana Art-studio (Shutterstock) Lawns have grown increasingly controversial as people have continued to question the environmental impact of maintaining a largely decorative, resource-hungry field of grass for aesthetic reasons.…
Stop Killing Your Lawn in the Winter
Photo: rangizzz (Shutterstock) Whether you have a traditional green grass lawn, or one of the alternative varieties gaining traction recently—like bee lawns, clover lawns, or tapestry lawns—you probably want it…
Grow a Clover Lawn That You Barely Have to Mow
Photo: Francesco Scatena (Shutterstock) If you have a grass lawn on your property, you already know how much they suck. Grass is fragile, fickle, and expensive to maintain. Lawns suck…
Leave Your Fall Garden Alone
Photo: Simon Annable (Shutterstock) There’s a lot of information out there—including on this site—listing garden tasks to complete in a particular month, or ahead of a certain season. And while…
Four Alternatives to Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers (That Aren’t a Rake)
Photo: Elena Efimova (Shutterstock) Everyone hates leaf blowers, and it’s not hard to see why. For most people, the noise is reason enough; if your neighborhood has lawns, the chainsaw-level…
Everything You Should Do to Keep Your Lawnmower Running All Summer
Photo: Tretyakov Viktor (Shutterstock) Keeping your yard in good shape during the summer and fall can be enough of a battle against weather and weeds—you don’t also need problems with…
When You Should Use Sugar on Your Lawn (and When You Shouldn’t)
Photo: Sashko (Shutterstock) Those who opt to plant and maintain traditional lawns may like the look of the lush, green grass surrounding their home, but don’t necessarily want to use…