Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Cool and crisp fall weather is here. What a slide in temperatures from 82 ...

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.

Fall is an excellent time to spread mulch over the roots of trees, shrubs and perennials. “It will benefit plants at any time of the year,” said Julie Janoski, Plant Clinic manager at The Morton ...

With daylight hours dwindling, we are reminded of this quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne: “I cannot endure to waste anything so ...

During the fall, leaves accumulate on lawns. Instead of raking them this year, here's how they can be used to improve yards ...

It's the season of falling leaves, and you might be tempted to use your pile as mulch for your garden and around the yard.

I'm glad to see fewer and fewer homeowners in my neighborhood bagging and discarding leaves; unlike previous years, I know they're focused on sustainable alternatives. Whether their efforts are guided ...

Fed up with frequent fall raking? Learn from the pros when to rake leaves from garden beds and when you can let them lie to ...

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 ...

Question: Grass and weeds are growing around the base of our trees and I want to add mulch. Do I remove the unwanted grass and weeds before I add the mulch? Answer: Sometimes if the weeds are small, ...

Covering the ground with a blanket of mulch is one of the easiest, quickest and most effective things you can do to protect, enrich and maintain the beauty and health of your garden. That may not come ...

Knowing that this is the best time to plant trees, we are having a friendly disagreement in our neighborhood about one aspect of tree planting. Some believe that dirt and mulch should be piled up to a ...