A few hours each week spent outdoors nurturing fruits, flowers and vegetables can provide exercise, stress reduction, vitamin D and a better diet.

Planting location: Choose a spot that gets at least five to six hours of sun each day. Do not plant roses under or too close ...

• Before the heat and dry air of spring and summer, update your irrigation system to in-line drip, flexible tubing with ...

The base and framework of the house is concrete and steel over three floors, with an angled cat-slide steel roof. Calling in favours and some ingenious repurposing and recycling of alternative fabrics ...

I GOT INTO the environmental restoration business by accident. After military tours at sea and in Iraq as a Marine grunt and sniper, I demobilized back to Salt Lake City, where my family had relocated ...

The middle of winter with snow covering brick-hard, frozen ground may seem like an odd time to plan a new garden bed, but ...

Armstrong Elementary School is undertaking a $50,000 garden project, adding 12 garden beds for students to grow and learn ...

When I was little, my parents sectioned off a tiny patch in the garden for me to grow a few vegetables and flowers. I can still remember the thrill of eating radishes straight from the ground and ...

The perennial weed will persist year after year if left unchecked ...

If you want to brighten up a garden fence, these ideas will provide visual interest and support. Try these easy fence ...

Prevention is always essential to protect your garden from bad weather. However, even if you did everything you could to protect your potted plants from heavy rain and minimise storm damage to your ...