Sometimes even the best innovations have unexpected consequences. For example, one of the most important and successful pieces of environmental legislation in the history of the United States ...

Mulch helps retain moisture in the soil, regulate soil temperature, and suppress weeds. Composted hardwood bark is an excellent mulch choice for the Northeast, while pine straw and pine fines are ...

For more than 20 years, we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed red wood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have come into ...

For 17 years, we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens and show beds, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed red wood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have come ...

Applying mulch to your garden is easily done but sometimes a bit mysterious. “Do I mulch just to make things look pretty, or does it serve other purposes?” “Am I a bad gardener if I don’t use mulch?” ...

Wood mulch is a gardener go-to for creating tidy pathways and weed-free beds of flowers and vegetables. The purpose of mulching your garden is not only for aesthetics but for enriching soil, retaining ...

If you have cleaned up the vegetable garden and cut back your perennials, you might be feeling just a little smug — especially since this gardening guy admits he is behind you in completing those ...

Compost is costly, I can’t deny it. It’s also been in short supply as more of us are tending our gardens and nurturing our soil. Bark, on the other hand, is relatively cheap and plentiful. If compost ...

Any gardener will tell you that mulching is one of the most effective and environmentally-friendly ways of controlling weeds and nuisance grasses. More than that, when mulching with certain materials, ...