In less than two full days, 80 volunteers planted native trees and shrubs on a hillside about a block long, then added bark mulch to them. Truth be told, we never could have gotten that much ...

Mulch provides a variety of benefits for gardens, including weed control, temperature regulation, and moisture retention. Organic mulches, like compost and wood chips, decompose over time, enriching ...

I think I’d be hard pressed to find a gardener unaware of mulch, that stuff you put under plants to help keep down weeds and make your landscape beds look more defined. But there’s more to mulch than ...

Piling mulch up on the tree trunk is called volcano mulching and is a bad practice. The mulch creates a moist area that can cause rot and decay of the bark layer of the tree. Courtesy Johnson County ...

My garden sure wood be nothing without mulch! Like choosing the right plant for the right place, mulch should match the conditions and plants growing in your garden. Mulch can be plant-based: compost, ...

When planting perennials, shrubs, trees and vegetables, it’s important to mulch the soil surface. Mulch is a material that sits on top of the soil whereas a soil amendment is mixed into the soil. It ...

Warm weather always brings out the bugs, including itchy little ones like ticks. Among other reasons, different ticks carry dangerous diseases you need to be aware of. These diseases alone, including ...