A long-lasting mulch option can boost your garden's look and performance, but it comes with trade-offs worth weighing before ...

Herb Clarke, the venerable TV weather forecaster-turned-radio garden expert in Philadelphia, recently offered some advice on mulch. His thoughts: Mulch is relatively new to the garden scene, and ...

Mulch is a blanket, an organic material applied to bare soil around plants. Effective mulches include shredded hardwood bark, pine needles, coarse compost, and shredded native tree trimmings. Mulching ...

Lincoln, Neb. — A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will conduct a project transforming manure and cedar mulch from waste to worth. The project is funded by ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Fleas are a type of parasite that none of us want to deal with. Unfortunately, they are drawn to not only our body heat, but also tall grass ...

While it’s common knowledge that cedar chips deter moths from munching on your sweaters and other wool items in summer storage, cedar is also useful in deterring other pests both inside and outside.

: A cable company is laying new cable in our area. In the process the workers are mulching lots of tree limbs, primarily Ashe junipers. Would this make good mulch? I have heard that mulch from cedars ...

Mulch fires are an unfortunate problem that are becoming more common due to rising temperatures. Such fires can be caused by one of two reasons, either the mulches are not managed properly or they are ...