WASHINGTON – Mulch is practical – it holds moisture and controls weeds. It is also a design element that helps give your landscape a clean, unified look. What mulch should you use on your landscape ...

Homeowners who want nice landscaping, but dread maintenance tasks like weeding and mulching, often turn to pebble mulch as a solution. Pebble mulching is the practice of covering landscape beds with ...

Mulch is practical -- it holds moisture and controls weeds. It is also a design element that helps give your landscape a clean, unified look. What mulch should you use on your landscape beds? My first ...

The secret of a rich and healthy vegetable garden is to feed the soil regularly. Use compost (well rotted plant material) or manure to feed your soil. You can also dig a trench bed and fill it up with ...

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.

Q: While putting up the Christmas lights, I noticed little black spots on my house siding from what a neighbor tells me is a mold spore coming from the mulch. Do you know how to prevent this? The ...