Kill Your Lawn for Free (and Replace It With Something Better)
If you love your lawn, fine, but maybe hear me out: Lawns are the worst. Even if you don’t mind the watering, mowing, and chemicals, most lawns—including yours—are terrible. A…
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,…
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…
How to Stop Your Mulch From Blowing Away
Photo: Maria Sbytova (Shutterstock) Mulch can serve a variety of purposes in a landscaped yard, from helping plants stay hydrated, to keeping weeds away. But if you live somewhere windy,…
How to DIY an Inexpensive but Beautiful Garden Path
Photo: Jonm F (Shutterstock) Adding walkways to your garden can make it more inviting and cut down on your weeding and mowing. Paying someone to install pavers isn’t cheap, but…
Everything You Should Be Doing Now for a Better Garden Next Spring
Photo: Oleksandr_U (Shutterstock) Gardening may seem like a warm-weather activity, but for best results, it’s actually a year-round endeavor. Just because the ground is frozen and very little is blooming…
6 Ways to Actually Use the Leaves on Your Lawn (Instead of Throwing Them Out)
Photo: Jerome.Romme (Shutterstock) Leaves are an excellent addition to a compost pile. A good compost pile needs a mixture of organic matter that contains carbon-rich and nitrogen-rich material, and leaves…
How to Plant a ‘Fall Cover Crop’ This Fall to Protect Your Garden for Winter
Photo: Oleksandr_U (Shutterstock) When the season changes and your summer plants are gone, your soil begs for some sort of protection from the cold weather to come. Harsh winds, freezing…
How to Sheet Mulch Your Lawn Without Digging Up Your Grass
Photo: Sam Barrett (Shutterstock) Switching up your yard usually means ripping up the grass, tilling, and fertilizing the soil to prep for new vegetation, but why not just cover it…