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 ...

A garden never whispers. It announces itself the moment someone steps into the yard, and surprisingly, mulch often sets the ...

Mulch does a lot of work in garden beds, but it doesn't last forever. Over time, subtle changes can signal that the ...

After a season of heavy storms, one homeowner watched every rainstorm strip the mulch out of the flower beds and send it sluicing across the walk. The fix turned out to be less about buying more mulch ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Mulching is a key garden task, but many gardeners miss the mark. Learn what mulch is, how to apply it, and what to avoid.

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.