When this happens, place a thick layer of cardboard, newspaper, or paper bags over the whole area and cover with mulch, leaves, or straw — anything to keep the paper in place long enough to suffocate ...

Even though butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ... or paper bags over the whole area and cover with mulch, leaves, or straw -- anything to keep the paper in place long enough to suffocate the ...

Plant potatoes Feb 1. Dig a trench at least 1 foot deep and place a piece of seed potato with at least one sprout every 2 ...

Remember that these are granular products and should only be spread over wet lawns. This ensures that the granules will adhere to the weed leaves and give you the best results. And don't forget that ...

The shooting happened on Sunday evening in Brooklyn Park on the 6500 block of 84th Court North. Police say a 17-year-old boy sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his chest. He remains hospitalized ...

He now has a collection of 4.2 million butterflies that cuts across 900 species. From the largest known species ever discovered to the smallest butterfly, he captures and preserves them in glass ...

Soap acts as a surfactant, reducing the mixture's surface tension and enabling it to stick to weed leaves more efficiently. This technique facilitates the absorption of active ingredients into ...

Then he held up a bag of weed, and said it doesn’t kill anybody ... But Blumenauer’s exit also leaves uncertainty about who will fill the void on cannabis policy on Capitol Hill.

I recently visited The Flower Bed Nursery in Lumberton, Mississippi, where I admired a magnificent Sweet Olive tree that ...

This story appears in the October 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. We have all held leaves, driven miles to see their fall colors, eaten them, raked them, sought their shade.