Water deeply, which encourages root growth, making plants more drought tolerant. It is best to water in the morning since it ...

Alternative weed-suppression methods for a healthy garden and lawn, commenters suggest, include cardboard, black and white ...

Ridge farming is effective across various soil types: it improves water retention in sandy soils and enhances drainage and ...

This reduces the amount of bare soil where weed seeds can germinate and blocks sunlight, inhibiting weed growth. This ...

A hosepipe ban will be enforced in some areas from next week due to the unusually hot weather and gardeners could find that ...

There are several crops that can prevent flea beetles from taking up residence in your garden, including catnip, basil, thyme ...

Water is the best tool against heat. Keeping the soil consistently damp down into the root zone ensures you’re giving plants ...

Landscape fabric blocks nutrients. You can’t easily add compost, fertilizer, or other soil amendments when a sheet of ...

One Reddit user took to the r/landscaping subreddit to ask a question about rubber mulch, and the replies were enlightening.

Artificial grass has come a long way since your granddad’s Astroturf. Today’s synthetics, made of nylon or polymer, have ...

This story is part of the July issue of PrimeTime. It’s inside the July 5 print edition of the Daily Reporter, available at ...

Plants can't survive without water. But too much or too little causes problems. More plants have been killed by improper ...