It was sustainable principle No. 9 in action. In agreeing to take on “Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies,” the only type of reader Dell refused to entertain were dummies.

The AeroGarden Harvest Smart Garden makes it easy to grow fresh vegetables and herbs in your home with little to no guesswork.

“Get a good garden book,” advised Mason City master gardener Lyle Hillmer. The first thing to do is make sure you have good, healthy soil. Hillmer suggests having your soil tested so you know ...

Within the past year, I've managed to murder roughly a dozen plants; daisies, aloe and peace lilies (among others) have all fallen to the wayside in my pursuit of a green thumb. For a while I ...

A couple of weeks ago, L.A. at Home’s sustainable gardening columnist Emily Green profiled Owen Dell, the brain behind the recently released ‘Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies.’ ...