The community mulch pile is back by popular demand. This is coarse, organic wood mulch chipped from trees removed in the Las Vegas community. Rather than send this valuable resource to the landfill, ...

Mulching is vital fall prep to ensure our garden soil is at optimum health come spring. Covering bare soil is a way of ...

Knowing when to add a second layer of mulch can insulate your plants, protect soil from extreme temperatures, and ensure ...

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 ...

Living mulch functions like mulch on any farm or garden except -- it's alive. No, it's not out of the latest horror movie; living mulch is a system farmers can use to benefit both profits and the soil ...

What type of mulch is better for my Asian pear and persimmon trees? I have been using Scott’s earthgro brown mulch and wonder how different types of mulch affect the pH of the soil. I had lots of ...

Every gardener wants the best soil for their garden. How do you know if your soil is "good"? What do you add to make it good? When you go to a plant nursery or the gardening section of a big box store ...

You have counseled in numerous articles the value of treating our clay soils with organic mulch. Could you suggest a source for good quality organic compost? I have been warned that the local ...

Q: Can you please tell me what is the difference between peat moss and mulch? Both are advertised on the packaging to do the same thing: hold moisture, add nutrients to the soil and it's good for the ...

When planting perennials, shrubs, trees and vegetables, it’s important to mulch the soil surface. Mulch is a material that sits on top of the soil whereas a soil amendment is mixed into the soil. It ...