Leave your dead leaves on the ground this fall. ... because letting the leaf litter cover the lawn doesn’t allow light to penetrate and prevents the lawn from photosynthesizing.

Planting a ground cover with your spring bulbs this fall can be a great way to keep a lush garden. We share which ones we think are the perfect pairing.

Another reason is that the leaf cover on the ground provides a natural home for small animals that need warm cover to survive the winter. “Removing leaves also eliminates vital wildlife habitat ...

MAINE, USA — Fall is leaf raking season for many of us here in Maine, but some say you can put the rake away and relax. The fallen leaves can actually benefit lawns and even wildlife, according ...

ASHEVILLE - As our trees grow bare from cold fall weather, a reader has asked whether or not to rake their leaves before they mow or to leave them in place when mowing. To rake, or not to rake ...

As we head into fall, you might think it's too late to think about ground cover for this year, but there are still a few that are fast-growing and will have time to get settled before the cold ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- If you have a yard, you probably also have a rake. But what if you are busy, or just lazy, and you don't want to use a rake this fall? Experts have some good news -- most of you ...

The glorious show of autumn color is transitioning to the familiar browns and barren trees that will continue through winter. Two Purdue experts recently offered advice on what to do with fallen ...

That is, until those leaves hit the ground and become a nuisance to lawn owners across the region. Your instinct may be to get a rake and bag them up, but some experts recommend that you skip it ...

Some have described ground covers as “garden thugs” or even worse, since they can brutally bully plants in their vicinity, to the point of suffocating or even strangling them if left to their ...

Japanese maple leaves and other fallen foliage cover the ground at the New York ... Page 9 of the New York edition with the headline: There’s More to Fall Than the Fireworks Of All Those Leaves.