There is a steep slope in back. It requires a combination of trees, bushes and ground cover to keep the soil in place. We have sprinklers that cover the entire slope.

"All that did was choke the ground and plants around it." Homeowner receives warnings after sharing landscaping blunder: 'Remove it and never use it again' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A: One challenge many homeowners face with landscaping steep slopes is soil runoff. The topsoil on hills can easily wash off, leaving an unattractive and muddy mess.

Pitt students, both past and present, know the journey through Oakland well: walking up Cardiac Hill and never-ending sets of outdoor stairs to get to and from class.

Then, on Wednesday, in the predawn darkness while he was checking to see if a backyard culvert was clogged, an avalanche of mud coursed down the steep slope and buried the 73-year-old landscape ...

There's a beautiful Forest Park home on Longhill St., overlooking the South End Bridge and the Connecticut River whose owner completely stripped the hillside below a few years ago; I presume to ...