Easy Yard Tasks to Tackle Before the First Frost for a Healthy Winter Garden

Spread a layer of mulch around your perennial plants before the first frost. Mulch acts like a blanket, keeping soil warmer ...
Penn Live

Why it makes sense to cut the grass short at the end of the season

Lawn-care pros cringe at how homeowners often cut their grass — way too short. Scalping a lawn is bad news because it repeatedly reduces the vegetation that’s trying to build energy to fuel the roots ...
Timesonline

Over the Garden Gate: Sheet mulching as a solution to many gardening challenges

A big part of gardening is finding solutions to plant-related challenges. I found myself in that position, faced with a hillside yard too steep to mow safely and too large to easily dig up and replant ...
The Indianapolis Star

Great lawns start in fall in Indiana, gardening expert says. Here's how

Editor's note:This story was originally published in 2016, and is being republished as part of our fall coverage. Some references may be out of date. If you’re like most people, you’re into the lawn ...
wsbt

Firefighters work on extinguishing large composting pile fire in LaPorte County

'Fragile ceasefire': At least 24 killed, 54 hurt as Israel launches strikes in Gaza Israel’s military on Saturday launched airstrikes against Hamas terrorists in Gaza in the latest test of the ...
Centre Daily Times

22-year-old landscaper shot dead in argument over grass clippings, Ohio cops say

Tanner Staggs, 22, was shot and killed while working at his landscaping job in Dayton, Ohio, police say. Screengrab from GoFundMe page. One man is dead and another man was arrested after police say an ...