Mulch provides a variety of benefits for gardens, including weed control, temperature regulation, and moisture retention. Organic mulches, like compost and wood chips, decompose over time, enriching ...

SELECTING THE RIGHT MULCH: A strictly organic leaf mulch is put down in the backyard in preparation to grow an organic community garden. “Happily we bask in this warm September sun, which illuminates ...

Bushes in yard mulched with black mulch from a wagon - Ozgurcoskun/Getty Images With so many types of mulch on the market, it can feel impossible to know how to best use mulch in your garden. The best ...

Sometimes the internet leads you astray, but other times, it gives great advice. From uses of cardboard boxes to gravel ...

Probably one of the most important reasons to use mulch is to control weeds that seem to continually come up in your landscape beds. Mulch also controls erosion that could develop if the soils between ...

A long-lasting mulch option can boost your garden's look and performance, but it comes with trade-offs worth weighing before ...

Mulches are materials placed over the soil surface to enhance landscape beauty, improve soil conditions, protect plants from foot traffic and lawn equipment, and suppress weeds. To give your landscape ...

As you drive around the region, you can see that most landscape beds are covered with some sort of mulch. Although many people consider decorative gravels as mulch, I would like to define landscape ...

“The fallen leaves in the forest seemed to make even the ground glow and burn with light.” — Malcolm Lowry. “October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the ...

Like many other plants, roses can greatly benefit from occasional mulching. But, to ensure these prized shrubs reach their potential, you need to choose the best mulch for roses – and know when and ...

Mulching is a great way to suppress weeds, retain moisture and, depending on the substrate you choose, add some nutrients back into the soil of your garden plot. It doesn't seem that difficult to just ...