I'm glad to see fewer and fewer homeowners in my neighborhood bagging and discarding leaves; unlike previous years, I know they're focused on sustainable alternatives. Whether their efforts are guided ...

Autumn. A time of brilliant colors (and wind if you live in Kansas), but a leaf by any other color ... is still work. Homeowners, professional grounds managers and golf course superintendents all face ...

New Market, Va.? Mike Goatley is the kind of guy couch potatoes appreciate most on football-rich fall afternoons. The Virginia Tech extension turf specialist preaches the gospel of “leave them alone” ...

If you have a yard full of fallen leaves every autumn, you’re not alone. Instead of bagging them up for trash day, you can put those leaves to work in your garden. Fallen leaves are more than just a ...

Autumn, a time of brilliant colors (and wind if you live in Kansas), but a leaf by any other color…is still work. Homeowners, professional grounds managers and golf course superintendents all face the ...

If you want to make your life a lot easier this spring and summer, buy a spare blade for your walk mower. Here's why. Broadly speaking, blades are designed to bag, discharge or mulch. No single blade ...

In the fall, the leaves which formed that exquisite canopy that provided welcomed shade throughout the summer months begin to drop. Eventually, your yard accumulates a blanket of debris that, if not ...

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 ...

First, the most obvious reason: Raking leaves into plastic garbage bags and sending them to a landfill creates huge amounts of unnecessary waste. It also contributes to releasing greenhouse gases that ...

Now that leaves are falling, local communities are grappling with what to do with them. Scarsdale is planning three community activities to promote leaf mulch mowing, an increasingly popular solution ...