Q: I already have weeds growing in my vegetable garden and flower beds. I am not fond of working at weed control, and I don’t want them to take over either. What is the easiest way to prevent weeds ...

So you just scored a few less-than-flourishing, end-of-season bargains from the garden center, and don’t know where to put them. Or those fall-planting orders arrived in such puny shape that it’d be ...

Q: I have three planting beds where I want all vegetation removed along with old mulch and landscape fabric. I want to replace with new mulch. Should the fabric also be replaced? How can I prevent the ...

Can you help me identify this weed that is growing in my lawn and in my flower beds? It has little yellow flowers and the leaves look like a small Mimosa tree. All of sudden it appears to be ...

As temperatures become favorable for annuals and perennials to be planted in beds, the soil is also right for weed seeds to germinate. Take heart; you do have some options. If you are just beginning a ...

If you maintain a landscape, you deal with weeds. At this point in our long, hot summer, I’m sure you have devoted considerable effort to keeping your landscape from being taken over by weeds in beds ...

I was at the pool last week and talked to a lady whom I had met not that long ago. Seems that she has been trying to have a clean garden. Her effort and her husband’s efforts have not been enough to ...

There are two basic techniques for controlling weeds: physical (mulches, barriers, hoeing, digging and hand pulling) and chemical (the use of herbicides). Many people are trying to minimize or even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We went through a long, cold winter. The warm, sunny days of spring are starting to roll in. When we get outside to work in the ...

It seems like a never-ending battle as weeds constantly encroach on our lawns and landscape beds. It’s true, this is one of the more difficult aspects in the landscape to manage, but it doesn’t have ...