The second week of April is green with new growth, so you have the green light to mow the lawn, plant potatoes, peas, lettuce, cabbage, kale and other cool season crops. Enjoy harvesting daffodils ...

The best things to plant along retaining walls are smaller plants like perennials, small shrubs, and annuals, which don’t have extensive, invasive root systems.

We were in West Seattle and the rock retaining walls seem to be filled with bright, low-growing flowers. I was told that rock garden plants are perennial and return to bloom year after year. Your ...

Our read yard has a lot line retaining wall which has been damaged by our neighbor’s large tree root system. The wall is cement and over the years, the roots have pushed the cement wall into our yard ...

Consider these facts: landscaping can add between 7 and 15 percent to a home's value, plants improve air quality— one tree can remove 26 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually ...