When planning a garden, however small or large, it's easy to focus mostly on the aesthetics. The plants, trees, and flowers, along with their colors, heights, and textures, and the wide array of ...

You might have encountered massive pools of water on your patio after rainfall. If this is a common issue, you'll have to ...

With these tactics, bursts of heavy rain can become an asset rather than a liability. By Laura Fenton With a strong El Niño this year, fall rains may be even more extreme. These sudden influxes, ...

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If you're experiencing flooding around your home you're no doubt looking for better solutions to this problem. Perhaps you've tried a dry creek bed, or redirecting your roof rainwater to a rain garden ...

Something as small as a new garden path could spell disaster for your neighbor during a storm. Don't get caught out in the ...

It will rain again; we are pretty sure and hopeful for that free water from the sky. When it does rain that water works its way into our washes and rivers but not before its journey begins in your ...

Rain gardens not only liven up the yard by adding color and beauty to the landscape, they provide a great habitat for pollinators and have some other benefits that can help homeowners solve a few ...

The person who coined the phrase “saving for a rainy day” must have been a property owner with home drainage problems. The financial costs of poor drainage can be substantial, and the human health ...