Make your plants healthy and happy (and your life easier) by choosing the best mulch for your landscape. The right mulch will help your plants and trees stay healthy by retaining soil moisture and ...

While it’s common knowledge that cedar chips deter moths from munching on your sweaters and other wool items in summer storage, cedar is also useful in deterring other pests both inside and outside.

Herb Clarke, the venerable TV weather forecaster-turned-radio garden expert in Philadelphia, recently offered some advice on mulch. His thoughts: Mulch is relatively new to the garden scene, and ...

When you see any of these indications, you know it's time to freshen up your mulch.

Wood mulches are one of the most common types of ground cover used in landscaping. Being lighter in weight than rock, they are also more easily placed by homeowners. Decorative mulch not only adds a ...

As we all know, do-it-yourself weekend projects take two months to complete. Add another month if “some assembly is required.” As long as there have been trees growing in the forest, there has been ...

It depends on what type of area it’s in. Stone mulch works fine in environments that are somewhat harsh with hearty plants that can take heat (shrubs, for instance). Always use a weed barrier under ...