There’s something quietly satisfying about reclaiming a weedy garden bed without once reaching for a shovel or a spray bottle ...

You can almost hear it: the crunch of crisping lawns all over L.A., thanks to the ongoing drought and recent restrictions on outdoor watering. It’s no surprise, then, that many Angelenos are thinking ...

There's a growing trend toward less lawn and more plants. Homeowners are creating larger planted beds that incorporate pollinator-friendly native and adapted flowers, shrubs and even fruits and ...

Sheet mulching is a useful technique for getting rid of weeds in large areas of your garden. It’s cheap, effective and is a way to kill weeds without using herbicides. Using newspaper or cardboard as ...

Struggling with garden weeds this summer? There is an effective solution that smothers unwanted growth and enriches your soil ...

If oxalis is smothering your garden like gravy over biscuits, consider sheet mulching. Or, if you've got a lawn you want to get rid of, or soil that needs enriching, sheet mulch it. With one nearly ...

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 ...

Q:I have heard about sheet mulching. How is it done? A: Sheet mulching is a soil amending technique that saves labor, time and water. It also reduces waste materials, weed populations and produces an ...

Hurricane Hermine left us with lots of yard trash. But it’s not all bad. This presents a good opportunity to obtain lots of relatively clean and chemical free mulch for your yard and garden. Wood ...

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