Mulch is a considered a normal aspect of landscaping. Now is an excellent time to apply mulch around trees, shrubs and barren landscape areas. Pine needles, bark nuggets, ground limbs, twigs and wood ...

There is so much gardening jargon floating around it is easy to get swept up in it all and end up missing some really important information. Mulch is one of the techniques that has possibly slipped ...

Longer days and warm winds are drying up the snow melts of winter. They are also drying up the soils around our plant beds. One of the items you might have noted on your spring “Walk Around” the house ...

Many years ago early in my agriculture/gardening career, I discovered a book written by a woman who developed a novel way of gardening. Ruth Stout’s gardening technique involved applying layers of ...

People think of mulch as something that provides a unifying look to their garden beds, but that’s not the reason you need it. Mulch, when done right, provides an insulating layer that protects your ...

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 ...

Mulch is a material used to reduce water loss from soil. Lately, it has not been unusual to question whether mulch is useful on dry soil. That may be an issue in the short term if the mulch is ...