With innovative hillside landscape ideas, such as terraced beds and low-maintenance plants, you can make the most of a sloped or hilly yard. A sloped yard doesn’t have to be a landscaping ...

When it comes to creating a landscaping design, a minimalist scheme has got to be easier to create than one that embraces a riot of color, form and texture, right? Well not necessarily. There's an art ...

The My Backyard Habitat column first appeared in The Newtown Bee three years ago this month with our inaugural article, “Why ...

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Lauren McGue knows the beauty of plants all too well. She’s worked at the UNR Extension’s 7-acre outdoor educational Botanic Gardens on Paradise Road and Windmill Lane since she was a teenager, ...

NORTH MANKATO — What is and isn’t a “natural” yard and what North Mankato residents should be allowed to do in their front and back yards has been an ongoing debate in recent years. On Tuesday night ...