It's a double-edged sword, a blessing and a curse. Leaf season is a multi-faceted touchstone for gardeners and homeowners across the region. As a homeowner who lives in Louisville’s Highlands ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The annual ritual of trees shedding leaves has been underway for several weeks. The changing colors and dropping leaves are signs ...

Clean leaves early while they’re dry—wet piles get heavy, moldy, and hard to remove. Use tools like rakes, tarps, blowers, or mulchers to move, shred, and repurpose leaves efficiently. Compost or ...

Mulching Tips , For Your Gardening Hobby. Adding mulch to a garden has a variety of benefits, from maintaining moisture ...

It's the season of falling leaves, and you might be tempted to use your pile as mulch for your garden and around the yard. However, there are a few downsides.

Keeping leaves out of landfills helps reduce methane emissions, lowers pollution from gas-powered yard tools, and combats climate change. Leaf litter acts as a natural fertilizer and mulch, improving ...

Everyone loves the brilliant fall colors ... until that beautiful canopy of leaves rains down on your yard. But what if you could retire the leaf rake hanging in your garage, or at least greatly ...

ST. LOUIS — A few days of strong winds as the fall season passes its peak later than normal means a mess in our yards. With the winds easing for the weekend it’s a good time to do some cleanup.

close-up of gloved hands scooping mulch up from the ground - Larisa Stefanuyk/Getty Images As fall approaches, you may feel like it's time to hang up the gardening hat and take a break until spring ...

SOCIAL DISTANCE: When planting multiple dahlia tubers, it's best to keep them about 12-18 inches apart, as dahlias get quite large. Photo courtesy of HummingBlooms Flower Farm Hi there neighbors, ...