Old cardboard boxes may seem like trash to some, but for gardeners in North America, they can be a valuable resource that helps to create a thriving garden while saving time, money, and effort.

Across the UK, piles of delivery boxes are quietly replacing weedkiller and plastic pots in back gardens. From no-dig beds to ...

Cardboard is biodegradable and safe to compost, but it can only be recycled a limited number of times before it becomes too degraded to be remade into new paper products. However, cardboard has ...

Cardboard usually leaves the house folded and flattened, bound for a recycling bin. In winter gardens, it has taken on a quieter role as a surface cover laid directly onto soil once crops are cleared.

A big part of gardening is finding solutions to plant-related challenges. I found myself in that position, faced with a hillside yard that was too steep to safely mow, and too large to easily dig up ...

Lasagna mulching is kind of a miracle, the closest thing to an easy fix for lousy garden soil, suppressing weeds and rebuilding our disappearing topsoil. Added bonus: The vital starting ingredient — ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Sheet mulching is a useful technique for getting rid of weeds in large areas of your garden. It’s cheap ...