Starting a garden means walking into a hardware store and facing walls of tools engineered to separate you from your cash. The hedging shears with ergonomic grips. The battery-powered weed pullers.

Spring or fall is the optimal time to tackle lawn renovation like this. Fill low spots with high-quality topsoil. Tamp the soil in place and scatter grass seed over the surface. Very lightly rake the ...

Experts say a few simple tools can carry you through your first growing season - and some popular items aren't worth the money.

In March, winter is waning, even if your region has a long, cold season. In southern regions, March signals the end, whereas in the North, there may still be a few months of cold weather. Unless the ...

Spring cleanup feels productive, but some of your neatest habits quietly sabotage next year’s lawn. When you rake too early, scalp the grass, strip away every leaf, or drench the yard in fertilizer, ...

Landscape fabric can help suppress weeds but deteriorates over time. Learn more about using and removing landscape fabric before adding fresh mulch to landscape beds.

Tucked behind a row of storage buildings off Balch Road in Madison sits a quiet patch of land that predates the city around it, the railroad that once spurred its ...

The chief commissioner of railway safety (CCRS) carried out a statutory inspection of the long-awaited 4.5km MRTS extension ...

Following a software upgrade, there were accusations about hacking vulnerabilities. But concerns were alleviated after a public investigation.

Perhaps using this mixture may help you (and your water bill) as well. I think over-seeding is something many are familiar with, but it must all be lightly covered or “top-dressed” with a fine compost ...

MU Extension specialist Gwen Funk recommends delaying mowing and major cleanup so early pollinators can emerge from stems, ...