But, how soon is too soon to get your hands in the dirt? We spoke with lawn and garden experts to help us understand when it’s too early to tackle yard work (even with a hint of spring around the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're like me, you can't wait to get outside in the garden and yard once the weather starts warming up. Like a magnet, I'm ...

Delaying spring yard cleanup helps protect beneficial insects that overwinter in leaves and stems. Leave some leaves and stems in garden beds or redistribute them to create habitats and natural mulch.

As the ground begins to thaw, now is a great time to prepare your garden in our area and there are things you can do in preparation. Hopefully you left the leaves over your flower and garden vegetable ...

When the blare of the year’s first leaf blower awakened me one morning last week, I realized spring cleanup had commenced -- no matter that March could still roar like a lion here in my Long Island, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Thinking is changing on spring garden cleanup. The goal used to be to get out there as soon as possible ...

If you're like me, you can't wait to get outside in the garden and yard once the weather starts warming up. Like a magnet, I'm drawn every day to go looking to see what plants are popping out of the ...