Mulching is always important as part of any fall gardening checklist, especially if you have newly-planted trees or shrubs.

Many years ago early in my agriculture/gardening career, I discovered a book written by a woman who developed a novel way of gardening. Ruth Stout’s gardening technique involved applying layers of ...

Mulch helps suppress weeds, keeps soil moist, and helps regulate soil temperatures. Adding a second layer of mulch after the first frost in the fall will offer plants additional winter protection.

As you know, I love to garden, but I don't like to do work needlessly. If I can find a gardening technique that saves me time, effort and money -- well, I'm there. And you can't find a better example ...

Mulching is one of the most basic and essential tasks of gardening. Most of us mulch because it helps reduce the amount of time we spend pulling weeds. Mulch provides many other benefits, however. It ...

I love to garden, but I don’t like to do work needlessly. If I can find a gardening technique that saves me time, effort and money — well, I’m there. And you can’t find a better example of this than ...

Spring planting in mulch helps control weeds, including reducing the need to weed as much. Few weeds will come up through a 4-inch layer of hay. In spring we plant several crops into hay mulch to help ...

One of the most important and beneficial additions to all gardens and flowerbeds, especially during our summer months, is a good layer of some type of mulch. Mother Nature has been using mulch forever ...

If you aren’t using mulch in your garden yet - why not? Mulch is an open secret of many top gardeners as it makes your borders look neater and helps soil retain moisture for longer, amongst many other ...

We have been blessed with a long, cool spring. On these beautiful days it's easy to forget that the heat of summer is right around the corner. The next few weeks are your best chance to get your ...