Experts look at the most effective coverings for your beds and borders.

We all love the look of a freshly mulched garden bed or tree well. Besides looking great, there are quite a few other benefits to mulch. Mulch can suppress weeds by blocking the light that some seeds ...

As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...

Fallen leaves make a fine mulch for garden beds and trees and shrubs, but they aren’t the only possibility. “Any kind of organic matter can make a good mulch,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge ...

How To Make Compost At Home: Making organic fertilizer at home from kitchen waste is very easy. Give your plants natural nutrition and make your kitchen garden lush by making compost from vegetable ...

Whether you need to remove old mulch before adding a new layer depends on a number of considerations, including its composition and condition.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – No one actually likes to do it, but it's necessary for a good-looking, healthy yard: Mulching. And there are a variety of options. “Mulching is important. It's kind of the ...

Landscape fabric can help suppress weeds but deteriorates over time. Learn more about using and removing landscape fabric before adding fresh mulch to landscape beds.

Most gardeners do some composting. Some folks compost anything that once was part of a living plant, often mixing it with barnyard waste; they turn and aerate their piles and make terrific compost in ...

Mulch is practical -- it holds moisture and controls weeds. It is also a design element that helps give your landscape a clean, unified look. What mulch should you use on your landscape beds? My first ...