Beautiful as they are, colorful autumn leaves can be a real clean up process. Instead of bagging them up or letting them blow away, you can turn them into a valuable resource for your garden. Leaf ...

Mulching leaves on your lawn is faster and more efficient and offers more benefits for your yard than raking. It reduces yard waste, time spent raking, and the number of bags you need. Sure, raking is ...

For those of you who aren’t aware that live oak trees drop their leaves every year despite the fact that we describe them as evergreen, look at the ground now. If you have live oak trees, they have ...

Following the principles of Florida-Friendly Landscaping is a great way to have a healthy landscape without harming the environment. Today’s topic is the fourth principle, mulch. Adding mulch around ...

QUESTION: In previous columns you’ve mentioned that you use tree leaves for mulch. Do you shred them first, or do you just leave them whole? Wouldn’t leaving them whole allow them to blow around, ...

As autumn wraps and leaves gracefully pile and carpet the yard, homeowners often look for excuses not to manage leaf cleanup. Is it so wrong to leave them where they fell? Do I have to rake? Can I ...

If the leaves aren’t coming off your trees today, they will be in the next few days. Here’s a way to fight the leaf fall and use those leaves, rather than using your energy and wasting the large yard ...

As the season shifts from summer to fall marked by cooler weather and leaves changing color and falling, lawn and garden maintenance shifts, too. The lawn may soon be covered in piles of leaves. Some ...