As you're prepping your garden for its winter slumber (or even introducing new plants for a winter vegetable garden), you ...

Here’s the thing about winter: while you’re bundling up and sipping hot cocoa, there’s an entire hidden world beneath your ...

The gardening literature includes a wide range of instructions for implementing this process, which is also referred to as lasagna composting. This article will describe the major considerations and ...

Mulching protects perennials from cold temperatures and helps maintain moisture. But this common mistake could kill your ...

Do you utilize mulch in the garden? If you do, that’s great! If you don’t, you should consider adding mulch to the garden, as there are many benefits. Benefits of mulch include preserving moisture, ...

It seems like just about everyone is doing it — mulching. Mulching is an important gardening practice that offers several benefits. The most important is the ability to conserve moisture and keep the ...

Turn fallen leaves into natural mulch to enrich soil, retain moisture, suppress weeds, and feed your garden, creating healthy ...

Mulch is so basic to gardening that it’s become a verb. To mulch. It can even be conjugated. I mulch, he mulches, nous mulchons. In fact, mulch is a noun derived from some kind of old German or Middle ...

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 ...

To help locals conserve water, prevent weeds and improve soil nutrient levels in their gardens, Descanso Gardens will host a free mulch giveaway this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in its auxiliary ...