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Should you remove mushrooms in your yard or leave them be? Why do they grow there in the first place? Your questions, ...

Members of the Aster and Symphyotrichum genera are long-beloved plants with a wide range of nativity across North America.

Nurtures soil with rich decay. Mulch does matter, especially here in the Yakima Valley where we are experiencing hot weather, ...

Raised beds are great in wet times. I have a wooden one I built using rough-sawn pine that is 16 inches tall. I filled it with a mixture of garden soil and compost I buy loose in bulk.

Something you should avoid when trying to revive your garden is not to work with the wet soil, McKernan said. Instead, give the soil time to dry before you try to work with it.

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Poor sub-soil drainage is not just a nuisance – it is a serious structural hazard. In water-rich regions like Durban, where ...