Starting a vegetable garden can be a rewarding prospect for any homeowner. In addition to having fresh veggies on the ready, digging in the dirt has big health benefits. Though yanking out weeds might ...

Mulch can cost more than you think, but a small shift in how you transport and use it can make a difference in both ...

Bushes in yard mulched with black mulch from a wagon - Ozgurcoskun/Getty Images With so many types of mulch on the market, it can feel impossible to know how to best use mulch in your garden. The best ...

Mulching leaves on your lawn is faster and more efficient and offers more benefits for your yard than raking. It reduces yard ...

Spring has sprung – and so have the weeds. The time to mulch has arrived. Gardening experienced a boom during the pandemic as Americans looked for new hobbies. And the number of U.S. homes with ...

They’re not the tallest plants in the forest, the brightest nor the showiest, yet groups of tiny ground covers still stop Elyse Jurgen on hikes. She snapped a photo in Lancaster County Park of a mix ...

When you tidy up the garden after the winter, don’t tidy it too much. “Make sure you leave the mulch layer that covers your garden’s soil,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant ...

The smell of spring is in the air in Greater Columbus — not the smell of hyacinths or daffodils, but the smell of freshly applied hardwood mulch around trees and shrubs and other perennial plants.

Prepping garden beds in late fall can help keep pests, weeds, and diseases from away when its time to plant in the spring.

Ever feel like you’re doing everything right in your garden, but your plants just aren’t thriving? Mulch is supposed to help, but it’s easy to make mistakes that end up hurting your plants instead of ...