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Several factors determine where all that rain goes and how moist or dry our landscapes will be at the end of the rainy season.

“Bulb” is a term we use to refer to embryonic plants, such as daffodils, narcissus and lilies.

There are numerous methods to cloning plants.

After researching, I opted to eradicate the lawn with a process known as sheet mulching or cardboard mulching. Some refer to it as lasagna mulching because it requires making layers of cardboard and organic materials. I chose this method because it was inexpensive and had many benefits. The cardboard kills the grass while feeding the soil with organic matter, smothering weeds and trapping moisture. What could be better?

Kurapia (Lippia nodiflora) is a low-water groundcover that was developed in Japan and has been studied by researchers at UC Davis.