From mulching and pruning to caring for tools and soil, a handful of thoughtful steps can make all the difference.

As you're prepping your garden for its winter slumber (or even introducing new plants for a winter vegetable garden), you ...

Mulching protects perennials from cold temperatures and helps maintain moisture. But this common mistake could kill your ...

The gardening literature includes a wide range of instructions for implementing this process, which is also referred to as ...

It seems like just about everyone is doing it — mulching. Mulching is an important gardening practice that offers several benefits. The most important is the ability to conserve moisture and keep the ...

Do you utilize mulch in the garden? If you do, that’s great! If you don’t, you should consider adding mulch to the garden, as there are many benefits. Benefits of mulch include preserving moisture, ...

Discoloration, thinning out, diseases, and excessive weeds are important signs that you need to replace your mulch. Pest ...

The first few weeks of April are ideal for turning lawn or bare space into garden beds. You’ll have the soil ready just in time for prime planting season. One caveat, though. Never dig soil when it’s ...

Mulch is so basic to gardening that it’s become a verb. To mulch. It can even be conjugated. I mulch, he mulches, nous mulchons. In fact, mulch is a noun derived from some kind of old German or Middle ...