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10 Best Plants for Container Gardening

Container gardening continues to be hot. Homeowners like that containers are easy to maintain. Here are 11 of the best plants for container gardening.

How to Grow a Container Garden

Liven up your balcony with these container-loving plants that don’t need to be babied.

If You're New To Gardening, Start By Planting These 10 Plants

If you're thumb isn't green yet, these crops and flowers can help.

How to Get Rid of Rocks in Your Yard

Stuck between a rock and a hard place with your current landscaping style? We’re sharing the best ways to remove rocks from your yard.

The Best Wheelbarrows for Yard Work and DIY Projects

How to Install Landscape Rock Beautifully

Rock is one of the quickest ways to add depth, and texture to your landscape. Learn how to install landscape rock to your yard with a professional look.

Rosie on the house: Should I use PVC or polyethylene piping to water my yard?

QUESTION: I am redoing the drip irrigation line around the perimeter of our yard. Do you suggest using PVC pipe or polyethylene? I have many mature shrubs plus landscaping rock

8 Super Simple Ideas for People Who Hate Yard Work

These easy landscaping ideas are perfect for people who hate doing yard work. Get a low-maintenance yard with these ideas, like using rocks.

60 Gorgeous Landscaping Ideas That Will Liven Up Your Yard

These concepts will bring new life to your yard and show you all of the different things you can do with some rocks, flowers, trees, bushes, mulch, and water.

Is your backyard summer ready? Find out with these expert tips

Our quick checklist will ensure your backyard is looking its best for hot summer days

15 Yard Maintenance Tasks to Do Now

RakeThe first task on your yard maintenance list should be raking. A solid spring raking will remove dead grass that can build up and become thatch. While you rake, be sure to examine your lawn for any matted patches caused by snow mold. Get rid of the damaged grass and allow the new spring grass to sprout more easily and evenly.Check out 40 of the best lawn care products you should pick up this season.Clean Up DebrisAnother priority for your yard maintenance is…

Building a Smarter Shovel

ShareMost people think of a shovel as a pretty basic tool - you use it to move stuff from one place to another. But what if the shovel was smart? What if it could analyze and know exactly what it was carrying? That’s the idea behind a new mining technology Teck is pioneering to improve productivity and sustainability at our operationsTo make a shovel smart, sensors are mounted on the shovel bucket and use x-rays to tell the difference between waste…

Getting Water to Places Birds Need Most

Audubon’s California water policy priorities in 2022.

Alternative Ways to Lift Rocks with Art of the Yard

Learn some new water feature tips in the new A-O Pro Tip Series! Tip #4 includes some alternative ways to lift rocks without machinery!

Beautiful, healthy lawn is not for slackers

Consumer Reports recently had an issue with a cover devoted to the slacker’s guide to a great lawn. Those of us who have taken care of a lawn are no doubt tempted by the idea — just as we are by pills that burn fat, tapes that teach us while we sleep and offers of a free lunch.

An Eco-Friendly Guide to Yard Waste Removal

Don't toss your leaves and grass in the trash. Here's why this is important, plus more eco-friendly ways to get rid of your yard waste.

5 Xeriscaping Design Tips for the Home (with Photos)

This fastest growing landscaping trend in Southern California requires little demand for water.