Native plants, succulents and mulch are important considerations. But you can also improve fire resilience by following some guidelines about spacing and irrigation.

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All gardens occasionally benefit from a substantial work-over. In today’s column, I describe such a project in my garden. In ...

The sale capped a decadeslong battle over the future of what Melanie Schlotterbeck, stewardship consultant for the Coastal ...

Ornamental grasses are the best way to make a xeriscaping landscape look vibrant. Blue grama is one of the most popular ...

Integrate a variety of seasonal blooms into your landscape design for optimal year-round color. For example, you may want to include different types of cacti with brilliant blooms at different times ...

Explore the best breakfast burritos in the Bay Area, from Semilla's handcrafted heaven to Cholita Linda's Baja bliss. Your ...

Heinrich advises adding some cactus mix or all-purpose potting soil to your native soil. This will help sandy soils ... “But if you live in a dry climate like California and Arizona that doesn't get ...

Less than a week after trading Blake Sabol to the Chicago White Sox, the Red Sox are now turning to a veteran catcher ...

A year after a wildfire tore through the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve Extension in Del Mar, the landscape is healing and resetting. Colorful and unique new “fire followers”, plants that ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro cactus, an ...

FLORENCE — Just a few months ago, most of us were eagerly awaiting the grace of warmer weather so we could knock the cobwebs ...