Winter offers a perfect window to accomplish a variety of important tasks around the garden. There's much work to be done ahead of spring: clearing debris, picking out seeds, and, of course, pruning.

In addition to lending shade and visual appeal to your yard, a healthy green hedge can make it feel more secluded. In most cases, the best plants for privacy hedges are easy to maintain and ...

Let's be honest — no one enjoys sitting in a backyard where neighbors can just casually peek in. A solid privacy hedge fixes that quickly. The tricky part? Choosing the right plant. Not every tree is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images / seven75 Good fences may make good neighbors, but let’s face it­, fences are not very charming. There’s a better, ...

Each year in mid- to late October, the OSU Extension office fields questions about hedge apples, an oddity of nature which seem to fall from the sky in autumn. These large and heavy fruits with an odd ...

Benjamin Franklin famously advised, "Love your neighbor, yet don’t pull down your hedge." Unfortunately, hedges have generally been pulled down to make way for fences and walls; hard barriers that are ...