When you set out to DIY a garden pathway, one of the easiest surfacing options to install is stone, like gravel or crushed rocks. By creating a pathway with these materials, you can effectively ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Unless you're okay with having gray, spotty, or wilted grass, it's necessary to maintain your lawn regularly. Plenty of this work includes ...

Dave Egbert’s decision seven years ago to move to a remote patch of land overlooking Shasta Lake, Calif., seemed counterintuitive for an avid gardener. The property had limited access to water, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People with little time on their hands prefer a gravel garden, hoping that will save them from having to weed for hours on end.

Pea gravel looks great in almost any yard, but it loses much of its appeal once weeds start popping up. Stop them from ...

Drought-tolerant plants are skyrocketing in popularity as summers get hotter and extreme events like heat domes become more frequent. Many drought-tolerant plants resist being spoiled and languish in ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Emily Green, our columnist on drought-tolerant gardening, says it better ...

A new age in gardening is dawning: Geological agriculture, aka gravel gardening — a completely soil-less way to grow all kinds of crops in sedimentary rock. Leading the charge is To Soil Less, a ...

WASHINGTON — You don’t need dirt to have a green thumb. It turns out, you can grow a pretty wild garden in a few cups of gravel. Richard Campbell, of Ellicott City, Maryland, has been gardening sans ...

When the son of friends began using his mother’s cellphone to photograph the ground at a Sunday lunch in the garden, we grown-ups laughed. “Look at Leon.” But when Leon’s mother began looking at her ...

The phrase “gravel garden” doesn’t resonate with Jeff Epping, although he’s a leading proponent of adopting this planting style, which is beautiful and exceptionally resilient. “I’ve never liked the ...

Gravel and rocks can be used to add color and texture to your landscaping, are usually affordable, and can often be laid as a DIY project, so you save even more money. These paths are extremely ...