January is a tricky month for gardeners. It is usually a slow month for outdoor gardening, but it's the perfect time to assess your garden and plan for successful growing seasons. So, get outside and ...

With so many choices available at garden centers, how do you choose the best mulch material for your vegetable garden? Wood chips or pine bark? Or perhaps a synthetic material that will help trap ...

Planting flowers, perennials, shrubs and trees without mulching is rather like getting dressed for an evening event without combing your hair. Mulch is the finishing touch that makes flower beds look ...

Sometimes, a seemingly gentle nudge can hit the rawest of nerves. And it seems that last week’s gentle diatribe on the constantly perplexing practice of volcano mulching was just that kind of nudge.

Mulch does a lot more than create an aesthetically pleasing backdrop for your favorite garden plants. It can help keep weeds from growing and disrupting your garden plants, and keep your garden soil ...

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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 ...

May is a month when mulch piles seem to magically appear in driveways all over Pennsylvania suburbia. It’s almost become a rite of spring to get out there and spread a fresh couple of inches of ...

Organic mulch keeps soil cool, moist, and weed-free while boosting long-term soil health. Great natural mulches include compost, chopped leaves, pine needles, and straw. A thick 3-inch mulch layer, ...

I love to garden, but I don’t like to do work needlessly. If I can find a gardening technique that saves me time, effort and money — well, I’m there. And you can’t find a better example of this than ...