Organic mulch, like wood chips, has one distinct downside: it degrades over time. If you want a tidy mulch that you don't ...

Mulch can make your spring beds look polished or permanently half finished. Spread the wrong way, it flattens plants, invites pests, and leaves your borders looking like a construction site instead of ...

Volunteers place mulch around a tree at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center Martinez Arena in Griffith Park in Los Angeles on July 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) When you look at your garden beds ...

Fallen leaves make a fine mulch for garden beds and trees and shrubs, but they aren’t the only possibility. “Any kind of organic matter can make a good mulch,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge ...

Truckloads of mulch — another harbinger of spring? Mulch is a popular amendment used to suppress weeds and give a neat, uniform appearance to planting beds. When used appropriately, mulch can also ...

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 ...

Mulch should protect your plants, not invite weeds. When you choose the wrong type or apply it poorly, you create the perfect environment for weed seeds to germinate and for existing weeds to come ...

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 protective layer applied over soil to retain moisture, suppress weeds and ...