Weeds steal water, light, and nutrients from a vegetable garden. Learn the best ways to keep weeds out of your vegetable ...

Don’t ditch those cardboard boxes; instead, put them to use in your garden, smothering out weeds, creating perfectly prepared soil, and composting in the process. “Using cardboard is a sustainable ...

Lasagna mulching is kind of a miracle, the closest thing to an easy fix for lousy garden soil, suppressing weeds and rebuilding our disappearing topsoil. Added bonus: The vital starting ingredient — ...

The author’s garden midway through the growing season, full of vegetables and pest-repelling flowers. How long does cardboard take to decompose? Find answers to using a cardboard weed barrier in your ...

Talk to any professional gardener at this time of year about what we should be doing in our yards, and they will all tell you the same thing: mulching garden beds. Mulching is vital fall prep to ...

What is this bug that has been showing up in my garden? Last week I saw it on milkweed. While it has a nicely ghoulish name for this time of year, the twice-stabbed stink bug is actually winding down ...

Provides nitrogen, holds water like a sponge and slowly releases it into the soil, a weed suppressant, slow decomposition, ...

Here are five good reasons to never use landscape fabric in your garden. We'll also share better alternatives for suppressing weeds, from cardboard to groundcovers.