Planting flowers, perennials, shrubs and trees without mulching is rather like getting dressed for an evening event without combing your hair. Mulch is the finishing touch that makes flower beds look ...

Worried about the winter frost? Need to keep your precious plants protected until spring comes around? Well, we've got one ...

Question: I always hear that it is important to mulch the soil before winter. Can you recommend a good mulch for my vegetable beds? How about perennial beds? Thanks. Answer: Good questions for this ...

Compost is a mixture of partially decomposed plant material and other organic wastes used in gardens to improve soil structure and provide nutrients. Good garden soil is loose and has a high ...

Purple, orange, red, and yellow flowers growing outdoors. - budistudio77/Shutterstock Some think of weeds simply as any plant growing where it's unwanted, but even ...

QUESTION: At your suggestion, we will be using our leaves as much this fall instead of bagging them and hauling them away. My question is, when using them as mulch, is it necessary to clean the leaves ...

Q: The power company trimmed trees from lines in my area. They ran limbs and trees through a chipper and dumped some of the mulch on my land. Can I use this for mulch on my flower beds? A: That raw ...

Q: How many times per year should one redo the mulch in flower beds, and what time of year is best? — M.P., Houston A: Maintaining a 2- to 3-inch blanket of organic mulch year-round is a good idea.

When making a flower bed from a lawn, if I use Roundup to kill off the lawn, how soon is it OK to plant? I've also heard it's OK to dump few inches of compost directly over the dead grass and skip ...

Some think of weeds simply as any plant growing where it's unwanted, but even the prettiest will compete with the flowers you planted for nutrients and water. Weeds can harbor pests and spread plant ...