On average, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reports a little over 700 wildland fires every year. While many of us focus on the ways to protect our homes against fires, we ...

The arborvitae hedge lining your fence. The bark mulch you refreshed last spring. The ornamental grasses swaying beautifully at the edge of your patio. These are some of the most common landscaping ...

Research from the University of California, Davis, is shedding light on when and where to plant tree seedlings to help restore forests after high-severity wildfires, and it has a lot to do with shrubs ...

If you’re kind of judgmental when it comes to plants, you might describe the chamise plant as “meh.” Technically it’s a shrub, which in the hierarchy of plant types barely outranks a weed. Chamise ...

In the middle of the Bush Fire burn scar northeast of Phoenix, Natural Restorations co-founder Justin Corey demonstrated how to plant a saguaro cactus. First thing to know: They're sharp. Corey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke from a fire approaching a California neighborhood - Doug Meek/Getty Images On average, the California Department of Forestry ...