Top-dressing a lawn is a fancy term for amending the soil without disturbing the sod. Golfers might be familiar with the practice because this technique was first performed on golf courses in Scotland ...

Photo by Landscape for Life. Composting is a beautiful representation of the cycle of life. Looking at your produce at its purest form; have you ever thought about the process of it getting to your ...

Q: We built a house two years ago and are struggling to establish a new lawn. Our soil is mostly clay and highly compacted. I aerated the lawn last year and am planning to aerate again as well as ...

In our own climate we are not generally overwhelmed with leaves. They usually don’t pile up 6 to 8 inches deep, and if they pile up at all, they will decompose quickly. The decomposed leaves add ...

Mow light layers of leaves into the lawn. For heavier leaf layers that threaten to mat down the lawn or evergreen ...

Austin area soils are famous for their poor quality. Ask any avid local gardener and they will give you a list of their soil woes. Ultimately what it comes down to is we have very little soil, the ...

What should you be doing with your lawn right now? Well, not fertilizing, because it’s too early. Wait until approximately May 1 when our hot weather grasses have had time to put on top growth and ...

Compost piles have been a staple of gardening since Adam was handed that accursed apple, but compost itself takes many forms. It might be a pile of windblown leaves, trapped in the ankles of a shrub ...

The best homemade fertilizer is compost, and especially aerated compost tea. For practically no cost at all, you can recycle your food scraps, lawn clippings and fallen leaves into a mild but ...

Q: I would appreciate your advice on how to get a fuller, healthier lawn. The lawn is five years old, a little patchy and has an inconsistent colour. I suspect a lack of topsoil and would welcome your ...

Compost piles have been a staple of gardening since Adam was handed that accursed apple, but compost itself takes many forms. It might be a pile of windblown leaves, trapped in the ankles of a shrub ...

Vegetable garden, fine grade compost will next be available just in time for spring planting, according to the Marsh Folly Composting Division. In a press release, the section, within the Waste ...