When you look at your garden beds and borders, do you see any bare soil? If so, mulch is in order. Mulch is defined as a ...

Grass has a tendency to creep into flower beds, but you can keep the division looking clean by adding this one simple ...

Question: I always hear that it is important to mulch the soil before winter. Can you recommend a good mulch for my vegetable beds? How about perennial beds? Thanks. Answer: Good questions for this ...

Summer heat can turn a thriving garden into a crispy disaster faster than a forgotten burger on a backyard grill. One blazing ...

ot sure what kind of mulch to use in your landscape? You're not alone. The choice wasn't easy not so long ago when your options were basically cypress mulch, pine bark and stones. Now gardeners are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are many different kinds of mulch, ranging from shredded hardwood to pine straw. The best mulch for flower beds depends on ...

Fresh mulch transforms a yard in a single afternoon. Garden beds suddenly look polished, weeds shrink back, and plants pop ...

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.

I live in a neighborhood of mostly cookie-cutter front yards. Neatly trimmed (often square) shrubs, edged grass, and two containers of flowers on the front porch. I don't know what's happening in the ...