If you’re in New England like me, that often means several weekends of raking, piling and bagging leaves. This year, I’m considering mulching them with my lawn tractor instead. Both bagging ...

When used properly, organic mulch can provide numerous benefits for garden beds and landscapes. When used improperly, mulch ...

What is mulch? It is simply material you use to cover the surface of the soil in your garden beds. Generally people use ...

Store in a shady spot and the following autumn the leaves will have rotted down into a rich, crumbly mixture that can be used as a mulch around the base of plants. Let the leaves rot down for ...

Would it be OK to mulch using the fallen leaves of live oak trees? — Carrie That information does not apply to mulches. When you use low-nitrogen organic materials for mulch, such as cypress ...