The sheets from your old newspaper stacks can be repurposed to ensure a weed-free garden with very little effort.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Finding a plant that can choke out weeds in areas of your garden that don't get much sun can be a challenge, but Siberian ...

To be fair, landscape fabric has its place. Unfortunately, it’s widely misused in most home landscape applications, where it ...

The baking staple can naturally repel garden pests like aphids, slugs, snails, and ants when sprinkled on plants or soil.

A. Avoid using weed barrier under cocoa bean, wood chips and any other organic mulch. As these mulches decompose they form compost, providing a great place for weed seeds to land and germinate.

If sustainability is one of your main concerns with your garden, here's why you should avoid using gravel for pathways and ...

Mulches used in the home landscape perform many of these natural functions, some better than others. In addition, mulch also serves as a design element, adding color and texture to the ground plane.