To help your perennials survive the winter, our pro gardener explains which of these you should mulch after the first hard ...

If you have a yard full of fallen leaves every autumn, you’re not alone. Instead of bagging them up for trash day, you can put those leaves to work in your garden. Fallen leaves are more than just a ...

When autumn leaves fall from the trees, welcome them as though you’d found a treasure chest. “There are so many ways to use leaves in the garden,” said Spencer Campbell, Plant Clinic manager at The ...

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Raking is a classic fall chore, but you might want to rethink bagging up those leaves. Besides depriving beneficial bugs of their winter home and creating pollution, you’re actually wasting a valuable ...

The fastest way to get rid of lots of autumn leaves is to throw them in your compost pile. Leaves serve as a carbon source in composting, so they’ll need to be blended with plenty of green or nitrogen ...

Before winter closes in, do one last thing for all the trees, shrubs and other plants in your garden: Make sure they have a ...

A really good autumnal display of coloured foliage is always tinged not just with yellows and reds but with regret. These are the last flames of the year from our garden and the leaves are falling ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. While the urban forests of Southern California lack the autumnal glory ...