Browsing: Caring for Your Yard

Learn how to improve soil drainage, moisture retention, and aeration, by adding soil amendments or soil nutrients to make your soil richer and more productive.

For a decorative and long-lasting bed, brick is a good choice. Here's how to make a sturdy brick raised bed for your garden.

This step-by-step guide explains how to start a garden for beginners. It covers all the basics you need to know, including what to plant, prepping soil, and care tips.

Composting is a simple way to turn your kitchen and yard waste into food for your garden. But some of these items should never be in compost.

Cultivate a happy, healthy lawn all year long with a nutrient boost before freezing weather occurs.

You're probably aware that the cicadas are here for the season—but you may not have known you can compost their carcasses and shells to enrich your garden compost and soil.

Find out how to get rid of mushrooms in the yard by understanding why they are popping up. Then solve the problem naturally with this simple guide.

Get rid of brown spots on a lawn with this guide to common causes, such as fertilizer burn, diseases, and dog spots, and their solutions.

Dandelions will quickly take over a lawn that needs help. Learn how to discourage them from taking root with these lawn care tips.

To help you choose between drip irrigation vs. soaker hoses, this guide explains the pros and cons of each.