Gardeners are often concerned about environmental issues and one of the big ones these days is single-use plastic bags. Recently I mulched an area and had over 30 plastic mulch bags that seemed a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After years of tending to your plants, you might have mulching down to a fine art. While the application and maintenance may come ...

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Penn State University researchers claim that consumers buying bags of cypress mulch might not be getting what they think. Using a new method of analyzing wood, the researchers found that bags of ...

How deep should your mulch be? Expert gives top tips for your garden this spring - ‘Nine times out of 10, a customer is going to choose aesthetics over nearly everything’ ...

Your bag of mulch may not be what you think it is. In a new study, researchers found that some bags labeled as 'cypress' contain only 50% cypress, while other bags contained no cypress at all. Your ...

The first few weeks of April are ideal for turning lawn or bare space into garden beds. You’ll have the soil ready just in time for prime planting season. One caveat, though. Never dig soil when it’s ...

The calendar may say spring begins in March, but seasoned gardeners know that timing matters more than dates. Walk through ...

A yard covered in tidy stones might look sharp and low-maintenance, but that bargain-bin decision could quietly sabotage ...