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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 ...

Garden centers sell bags of mulch every spring, yet one of the most powerful soil protectors often piles up for free just a few steps away from the garden bed. Leaves scatter across lawns, patios, and ...

Compost is costly, I can’t deny it. It’s also been in short supply as more of us are tending our gardens and nurturing our soil. Bark, on the other hand, is relatively cheap and plentiful. If compost ...

While compost and mulch may seem interchangeable, they have distinctly different uses in sustainable landscaping. Photo courtesy San Diego County Water Authority Seventh in a series republished with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With fall just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what you’re going to do with all the autumn leaves your trees ...

How to maintain your mulch so it's permanently neat and tidy.

Mulch helps regulate soil temperature, suppress weeds, and improve soil moisture. Mulch can also attract pests like insects ...

Almost every gardening expert will recommend using mulch around new and existing plantings, but why? Mulch has many benefits in the garden, but it can also cause problems if used improperly. In nature ...