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 ...

Tender or borderline hardy plants won’t appreciate being left outdoors in your flower beds all winter. Abandoning them to the elements risks certain death, but rather than lifting them to bring them ...

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 ...

The best time to mulch depends on the bed type and the plants you’re growing. You may mulch some beds in fall and others in spring, but always keep the layer balanced. Mulch veggie beds in fall for ...

Although not much is going on in the garden when winter approaches, there are a few tasks that can help protect your garden and get it ready for healthy growth next season. The unexpected time you'll ...

Covering the ground with a blanket of mulch is one of the easiest, quickest and most effective things you can do to protect, enrich and maintain the beauty and health of your garden. That may not come ...

Applying mulch is one of the easiest and best ways to help your trees and other plants, but doing it the wrong way can lead to trouble. “Mulch should be a flat, even layer over the soil,” said Spencer ...

An article I read recently got me thinking about mulch. I'll get back to the article a little later, but it's probably a good time to review what we know about mulch. Neatly mulched beds improve the ...

Q. I'm preparing a 3 1/2 -by-11-foot flower bed. I've added soil. Do I add plants or mulch next? I want low-maintenance plants, and boxwood was recommended for the back of the bed. Are azaleas an ...

Bruce in Gaithersburg writes: “What do you think I should do with my American Hornbeam? We’ve had it for four or five years and it was doing great; now there’s a lot of dead wood. Should I prune out ...

Q. I talked a tree trimming service in to dumping a load of wood chips in my yard to use as mulch. I have been spreading it all around my yard to help conserve water and to keep weeds from growing. My ...