To help your perennials survive the winter, our pro gardener explains which of these you should mulch after the first hard ...

In all its variations, mulch is a garden's and gardener's best friend. You can shred all of those autumn leaves or use another type of mulch to feed your lawn, enrich the soil in the vegetable garden, ...

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 ...

Timing is everything when it comes to mulching, which is spreading mostly organic matter over the surface of soil to protect and improve its condition. But doing it too early could create problems, as ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Mulch is commonly used to help suppress weeds and to hold in soil moisture in dry times. There are many different kinds of mulch and it is important to ...

Most people wouldn’t lament the fact that they had run out of partially rotten straw, primarily because they wouldn’t keep the stuff around in the first place. But I do and I did run out, and for me, ...

Q. Should I be mulching my garden, trees and plants? A. If you want to conserve soil moisture, keep down weeds, reduce soil erosion and keep plant roots cool this summer, as well as provide protection ...

I love discovering new, useful things for the garden. My most recent find is pine straw mulch. For years, I’ve used white pine needles (Pinus strobus) to bed down my strawberry patch for the winter.

I'm in favor of anything that makes my work in the garden easier, which is why, in most regards, I am a fan of tucking in my plantings with a couple of inches of some organic mulch. In the ornamental ...