Don't mulch too late—or too early. Timing is everything when it comes to caring for your garden—a sentiment that's especially ...

When you add natural mulch in the form of shredded bark, compost, or wood chips, you are incorporating into the soil added ...

Pecan hulls make a lovely mulch in a perennial garden or shrub bed. They lay flat and, at least in my experiences, they ...

While water erosion continues ... Quesungual Slash and Mulch Agroforestry System (QSMAS). The system is based on four key principles: no burning, no tillage, permanent soil cover and efficient ...

Gardeners put a lot of effort into their landscape, and adding mulch will help reap many benefits, said David Hillock, ...

This mulch is left on-site, creating a protective layer that enriches the soil and minimizes erosion. Unlike traditional methods, forestry mulching completes the clearing and debris management process ...

Beds and borders can quickly dry out or be taken over by weeds. Using a layer of mulch across the soil surface can prevent this. Follow our guide to mulching, an essential garden technique.

Weeds. Mowing. I don’t mind mowing until I get to the curbside. The sand and salt that the plow throws on that area during ...

When European-American settlers first began ploughing in Iowa, they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil ...