Starting a vegetable garden can be a rewarding prospect for any homeowner. In addition to having fresh veggies on the ready, digging in the dirt has big health benefits. Though yanking out weeds might ...

With so many choices available at garden centers, how do you choose the best mulch material for your vegetable garden? Wood chips or pine bark? Or perhaps a synthetic material that will help trap ...

Organic mulch keeps soil cool, moist, and weed-free while boosting long-term soil health. Great natural mulches include compost, chopped leaves, pine needles, and straw. A thick 3-inch mulch layer, ...

Get outside and check on how your garden beds are doing this winter. Eye-balling the garden will help you determine if you ...

Question. I understand mulch should be used in the vegetable garden to conserve water and help plants grow. What type of mulch is best? Answer. Perhaps there is no best mulch as successful gardeners ...

An experienced horticulturist reveals when you can and can't mulch in January. It comes down to weather, and mulching ...

Peter Richards plants vegetables in sheet mulch, and Joellen Dimond plants a container herb garden. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, local gardener Peter Richards shows how to ...

With winter around the corner, strawberries, as well as perennial vegetables such as asparagus and rhubarb, can benefit from a protective layer of mulch. While these plants are winter hardy, a good ...

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Winter gardening in the Carolinas is suddenly breaking the rules, and it’s making backyard conversations a lot more ...