With innovative hillside landscape ideas, such as terraced beds and low-maintenance plants, you can make the most of a sloped ...

When Esther Hayden moved into her Seven Oaks home in 1990, the hillside in her backyard — similar to many found throughout Rancho Bernardo — had mostly ground cover and was spotted with a few trees.

Planting on any sloped land is more difficult than flat-ground planting because: 1.) it’s harder to walk and work on a slope; and 2.) the soil is usually poor and thin from erosion. Toughest of all is ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. A ...

A Geyserville winery and its billionaire owner face a record fine from Sonoma County agriculture officials who contend the Alexander Valley company destroyed nearly an acre of land this summer through ...

This week, the most popular real estate listings on Brownstoner include a Windsor Terrace semi-detached house, a Prospect Lefferts Gardens row house, and a Sunset Park brownstone. Windsor Terrace was ...

Sonoma County is in settlement talks with representatives of a Geyserville vineyard and winery accused of flouting land-use rules last summer and facing a $172,282 fine, the largest ever issued by the ...

The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a detached brick house in Windsor Terrace, a row house in Clinton Hill and a two-family frame house in Park Slope. Park Slope is popular this ...

The challenge Chuck and Judy Reavis faced as they planned a backyard makeover for their Leesburg, Va., home was how to make it stand out in a community where most of the houses look very similar. “We ...

On a rocky hillside in an agricultural village halfway between Rome and Naples, an ancient form of building is being revived. Dry stone masonry—a technique dating back thousands of years—is being used ...

According to police, the 72-year-old woman was strolling near 155 Prospect Park South, between Vanderbilt and Seeley streets, ...

Skipstone Ranch, owned by a tech billionaire, plans to appeal the penalty, saying work was strictly related to rebuilding after the 2019 Kincade fire. A Geyserville winery and its billionaire owner ...