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

Almost every gardening expert will recommend using mulch around new and existing plantings, but why? Mulch has many benefits in the garden, but it can also cause problems if used improperly. In nature ...

Shredded leaves make good mulch for your garden beds. Serious gardeners may consider renting a shredder, but be sure to use ear and eye protection when shredding leaves. Using a shredder is a ...

Weeds are the biggest enemy of any beautiful landscape design. If not dealt with regularly, they can overtake an area, stealing valuable resources like sunlight and water from desirable plants and ...

LET’S HEAD TO THE GREEN. WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROWTH GREEN, WHERE BRANCH HILL FARM IN MILTON MILLS. AND I’M JOINED BY SEAN O’BRIEN OF USA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. SEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS AND I’M SURE I’M ...

Empty raised beds? Fill them with these easy fall and winter gardening projects to keep growing, enrich the soil, and make ...

Florimulch or Enviromulch or a high quality dyed mulch are my top choices for mulching your gardens. They are an easy way to ...

It has become a gardening reflex: As soon as we finish planting a bed, we tuck it in with a blanket of ground bark mulch. Personally, I don’t care for the dyed versions, the bright red or sooty black.

Mulching is the fourth Florida Friendly Landscaping principal, and it’s really a great way to install some additional efficiency into your landscaping. There are quite a few reasons for installing ...

Let’s be brief: Mulch works. Mulch keeps moisture in, reduces erosion and keeps weeds out, or at least makes them easier to pull. And mulch gives the garden a finished, pleasing look, sort of like the ...

I am always looking for ways to be more efficient with my gardening at home. I don’t mulch established planting beds in my ...