Where to Get Free Wood Chips for Your Lawn
Photo: P A (Shutterstock) Landscaping and lawn care can become expensive. Fortunately, there are plenty of free gardening resources if you know where to look, and they can get you…
You Should Try No-Dig Gardening
In school, most people learned that gardening involved planting a seed in soil, making sure it had the right amount of water and sunlight, and watching it grow. Of course,…
The Best Plants to Use as ‘Green Mulch’
Along with a green grass lawn, traditional suburban landscaping often includes sections the yard—typically in front of the house—containing flowers, plants, and shrubs surrounded by wood-chip mulch. The mulch serves…
How to Grow a Permaculture Food Forest in Your Yard (and Why You Should)
Modern gardening often involves weeding, turning the soil, fertilization, and pest control. But permaculture is the practice of growing a garden with the least amount of intervention possible, relying on…
The Best Ways to Use Grass Clippings in Your Garden
Photo: EsfilPla (Shutterstock) Maintaining a traditional green grass lawn is a year-round process, with mowing typically being the most time-consuming task. Not only does this involve cutting the grass, but…
Plant Mushrooms (and Other Fungi) in Your Garden to Improve Soil Health
Lots of gardeners seem to dislike finding mushrooms growing in their beds or on their lawns, but spotting a mushrooms isn’t a bad thing—it’s actually a sign the soil is…
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…
You May Qualify for a Free Tree for Your Yard
Screenshot: G-Stock Studio (Shutterstock) Planting a tree in your yard offers a host of benefits, from shading your home from the sun (and thus lowering your energy bills), to increasing…
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…
How to Start Composting Leaves (and Why You Should)
Photo: Victoria_Hunter (Shutterstock) Once all those pretty autumn leaves fall to your yard, they are often treated as a waste product—but these leaves are the beginning of nutrient-rich garden soil,…