Make your plants healthy and happy (and your life easier) by choosing the best mulch for your landscape. The right mulch will help your plants and trees stay healthy by retaining soil moisture and ...

close-up of gloved hands scooping mulch up from the ground - Larisa Stefanuyk/Getty Images As fall approaches, you may feel like it's time to hang up the gardening hat and take a break until spring ...

Head out into the forest and you'll find every plant surrounded by nature's mulch — fallen leaves and decomposing vegetation. The soil beneath the litter is usually moist and nutrient-rich. We can ...

Ever walk outside and feel like your garden just isn’t looking as fresh as it used to? Mulch can make a big difference, but it doesn’t last forever. It’s easy to miss the signs that your yard could ...

Piling mulch too high, a practice known as "volcano mulching," is extremely harmful to trees and shrubs. Excessive mulch can lead to root dehydration, bark damage, and can eventually kill a tree. When ...

This is the time of year when snowbirds and tourists return to the island. Everyone is busy cleaning the last of the summer growth from their landscapes. Many people will begin mulching their gardens ...

How Mulch Benefits Your Garden Using mulch around trees and landscape plantings keeps grass from competing with them for resources. A good mulch layer also helps reduce the impact of raindrops on soil ...