"Ground cover" must surely be the most lukewarm label we apply to some genuinely lovely and useful plants. It's like calling your (also lovely and useful) spouse "the dishwasher." Many ground covers ...

When I moved into my home in the mid-1970s, it was brand new on a good-sized but totally empty patch of ground on a hillside. We were in the midst of a severe drought, so traditional lawns were out of ...

For the past 31 years, I have helped homeowners with their landscaping. This week, I thought I'd share their most frequent questions. At the top of the list is lawn care. Many homeowners have ...

When we talk about gardens and gardening, it's easy to assume that we're referring to goings on in the front yard, to a lawn or lawn substitute or a border with perennials and shrubs that runs along ...

You might think, if your edge blade is getting dull, that you can just sharpen it to get everything back to normal, but there ...