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College Football Playoff Eliminator: One Conference Completely Out of Contention After Week 5

Plus, the Big 12 had its first teams exit the playoff picture and five other Power 4 teams said goodbye to their chances.

Sports Illustrated · 6h ago

Why Fall Composting Gives Spring Gardens a Head Start

Fall cleanup can leave gardeners staring at piles of leaves, spent vegetable plants, and other organic material that looks like waste but could actually become next year’s soil amendment. Instead of bagging everything for disposal and buying bags of compost in spring, you can put much of that material to…

Frugal Gardening · Oct 3

October Lawn Care Tasks That Protect Your Grass Before Winter

By October, the lawn mower may be running less often, but putting lawn care completely on hold can create problems that show up next spring. Grass type, climate and local frost dates determine exactly what your yard needs, yet several October lawn care jobs can protect turf through colder weather…

Frugal Gardening · Oct 2

Planting a Tree This Fall? This $0 Mistake Can Kill a $100 Tree

You can spend $100—or considerably more—on a beautiful young tree, carefully drive it home, dig a hole, and unintentionally create a problem before you’ve even put the shovel away. The mistake costs nothing: planting the tree too deeply. Digging the planting hole too deep the most common mistake when planting…

Frugal Gardening · Sep 24

Before You Buy Compost, Look at What’s Going in Your Trash

A bag of compost at the garden center looks like a gardening product, while the coffee grounds, vegetable peelings, cardboard, and fallen leaves leaving your house look like trash. Put those materials together correctly, however, and you have many of the ingredients needed to make homemade compost without repeatedly buying…

Frugal Gardening · Sep 24

College Football Week 3 Quarterback Rankings: Stock Up, Stock Down for 12 Key Players

Now that trends are starting to develop, here are signal-callers who have vastly exceeded—or wildly underperformed—compared to our preseason expectations.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 23

College Football Playoff Eliminator: Which Teams Are Out or Alive for a Berth After Week 3

Two Power 4 programs—both in the ACC—were ousted from contention, while the Group of 6 thinned its ranks vying for its automatic berth.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 22

Can a $25 Fall Garden Produce $100 Worth of Food? Let’s Run the Numbers

Spending $25 at the grocery store doesn’t buy much produce anymore, but could the same $25 planted in the backyard turn into $100 worth of vegetables? It’s possible, although the viral-sounding four-times-your-money return requires something many garden-budget calculations conveniently ignore: you need to already have a little infrastructure. If you…

Frugal Gardening · Sep 20

North Carolina’s Investigation Is Over. Bill Belichick’s On-Field Problems Aren’t.

A day after UNC closed the investigation that led to the ouster of general manager Michael Lombardi and defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the Tar Heels suffered an ugly loss at Clemson.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 20

College Football Week 3 Winners and Losers: Keep Louisville Weird

The Cardinals, who flew under the radar in a chaotic week, are a delight to watch.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 20