No matter what you're growing, leaving the soil in your garden bed exposed is rarely beneficial. Mulch your beds for thriving ...

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 ...

With innovative hillside landscape ideas, such as terraced beds and low-maintenance plants, you can make the most of a sloped ...

I think I’d be hard pressed to find a gardener unaware of mulch, that stuff you put under plants to help keep down weeds and make your landscape beds look more defined. But there’s more to mulch than ...

I realize March ended at midnight on Friday but since so many of us are still firmly entranced by both the men’s and women’s college basketball March Madness, you'll forgive me for helping myself to a ...

March Madness wrapped up a few weeks ago. If you look around, it is now time for mulch madness. Bags of mulch are flying off store shelves in our community’s zest to spruce up landscapes. The concept ...

My garden sure wood be nothing without mulch! Like choosing the right plant for the right place, mulch should match the conditions and plants growing in your garden. Mulch can be plant-based: compost, ...

Mulching is one of the most beneficial things a homeowner can do to keep trees healthy. It makes growing situations more "friendly" for trees in general. But over-mulching can be one of the worst ...

Piling mulch up on the tree trunk is called volcano mulching and is a bad practice. The mulch creates a moist area that can cause rot and decay of the bark layer of the tree. Courtesy Johnson County ...