Try spreading a thick layer of mulch, like wood chips or straw, around your plants. Mulch blocks sunlight, which keeps weed ...

If you saw a brownish colored spider with dark markings crawling through the grass toward you, could you tell if it was a ...

Pusley grows well in dry soil and this month has seen statewide rain deficits that rank several areas as having the driest ...

"Makes me wanna cry [and] rip my hair out." Homeowner warned after sharing photos of mysterious growth in garden: 'My actual IRL nemesis' first appeared on The Cool Down.

By cutting back on mowing, watering, weed killers, and fertilizer, homeowners can reduce expenses dramatically. Plus, native ...

A review by Professor Abdul Shukor JURAIMI’s team from Universiti Putra Malaysia points out that hyperspectral imaging ...

One Reddit user turned to the community to find out if the beautiful pink-flowered weed in their yard might be invasive.

Warm autumn days will soon be followed by winter’s frigid temperatures, frost on the plants and frozen ground. With this in ...

When winter comes, most plants and many grasses go dormant. It's like they are taking a break. And while it is easy to assume you can also relax and skip yard care for a while, it is rarely true. The ...

There may be a 20-foot-tall skeleton on your next-door neighbor’s lawn and zombies in the yard across the street, but the real horrors often lie in unmarked graves in the gardens of those you least ...

Hi, Carolyn! I am concerned about my husband, and I want to know how to approach it with him. He is a brilliant man, but he’s a bit eccentric. He was recently laid off from his job, presumably due to ...

Many of the choices I've made regarding yard maintenance relate to my hopes to mitigate the risk of more cancer. Welcome to a summer visit to my survivor’s yard! Many of the choices made regarding ...