It's a double-edged sword, a blessing and a curse. Leaf season is a multi-faceted touchstone for gardeners and homeowners across the region. As a homeowner who lives in Louisville’s Highlands ...

Spring planting in mulch helps control weeds, including reducing the need to weed as much. Few weeds will come up through a 4-inch layer of hay. In spring we plant several crops into hay mulch to help ...

Tired of blowing all those fallen leaves and needles into a pile and then bagging them up for the compost bin? Maybe you should consider a vacuum leaf blower? It has a reversible fan, that lets it ...

Save 10% on the BLACK+DECKER BV6000 High Performance Blower/Vac/Mulcher lawn tool. Images via Amazon. Keeping your yard looking its best can sometimes seem like a daunting task, but with the right ...

With fall just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what you’re going to do with all the autumn leaves your trees are about to dump on your lawn. You can rake them into a pile at the ...

WINTERTHUR, Del. - I am trying to be smug when I tell the garden honchos at Winterthur, the du Pont estate north of Wilmington, Del., that instead of blowing and bagging leaves, I just pick them up ...

When you’re picking out a new leaf vacuum, you need to understand what they can and cannot do. A leaf vacuum is not a replacement for a rake or a leaf blower. It won’t be able to just suck up every ...

We live in a world of phobias, but here's a new one: fear of mulch. And there's some basis for it. As reported in this paper July 11 ("Bitter Harvest in Sperryville"), a Virginia farm couple, Rachel ...