Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. A ...

Planting on any sloped land is more difficult than flat-ground planting because: 1.) it’s harder to walk and work on a slope; and 2.) the soil is usually poor and thin from erosion. Toughest of all is ...

Dirt Locker ®, a modular hillside terracing system developed by Mark Trebilcock, reframes land use in Los Angeles with the premise that the usefulness of terrain depends on how well it holds together ...

Following hurricanes Irma and Maria there have been a number of hillside collapses and subsidence along hills throughout the territory, and especially on St. Thomas and St. John. With the vegetation ...