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Try Cardboard Gardening to Save Money and Recycle

With this eco-friendly, free and easy gardening method, you’ll have a better garden in no time! Just place cardboard in the ...

Easy Yard Tasks to Tackle Before the First Frost for a Healthy Winter Garden

Spread a layer of mulch around your perennial plants before the first frost. Mulch acts like a blanket, keeping soil warmer ...
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Hundreds of California’s Joshua trees were scorched during the shutdown

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. >> One day after the government shutdown ended, a ranger ambled down a trail in Joshua Tree ...

How to tackle Virginia buttonweed and other stubborn lawn problems

Get advice on Virginia buttonweed and knotweed control, shade alternatives to St. Augustine, oak bark issues and willow borer ...

Hundreds of Joshua trees were scorched during the shutdown

A firefighter with the National Park Service says a fire wiped out more than a thousand Joshua trees amid the government ...

Cool fall brings Texas harvests; plant spinach, onions and protect citrus

Cool Central and South Texas weather brings harvests by Thanksgiving; plant spinach and onions and protect citrus and tender ...

When grass fades, 'Florida snow' takes over the Sunshine State with a blanket of blooms

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