What constitutes a weed is a matter of context and perspective. The same plants that are undesirable for your garden plot may be invaluable to a nearby field. There they grow heartily despite poor ...

Whether you're buying paint or replacing your garden hose with an co-friendly alternative, shopping for home and garden products can often feel overwhelming. These purchasing decisions don't always ...

You may know Bishop’s Weed, Aegopodium podagraria, a member of the carrot family, as goutweed, ground elder and snow-on-the-mountain. Native to Europe and northern Asia, it was brought to North ...

Weeds don’t politely wait for an invitation. They crash into garden beds, creep through sidewalk cracks, and choke out carefully planted flowers like uninvited guests who refuse to leave. Store-bought ...

It’s great that many people are replacing lawns with low-water landscaping. But along with trees not getting adequate water, one concern is the widespread use of weed-barrier cloth, including at the ...

Q. Should a weed barrier be used beneath cocoa bean shell mulch? A. Avoid using weed barrier under cocoa bean, wood chips and any other organic mulch. As these mulches decompose they form compost, ...

Q. Are there more sustainable options than plastic for weed barriers in a garden and for pathways? With so much plastic ending up in oceans and in our food, it would be nice to use alternative ...

A horticulturalist has shared how one item can act as an effective garden weed barrier ...

Can I use newspaper as a weed barrier in my vegetable garden? At one time, there were concerns about the use of newspaper as a weed barrier in the garden and landscape because of the inks used.