Gardening experts explain why mulch is important in the winter, when and how much to apply, and the benefits of mulch.

One of the best ways to control weeds in the home garden is by mulching — covering the soil surface around plants so that no bare soil shows. The major benefits of mulching are 1) It greatly reduces ...

Learn when and how you should mulch plants in the fall. In all its variations, mulch is a garden's and gardener's best friend. You can shred all of those autumn leaves or use another type of mulch to ...

May is a month when mulch piles seem to magically appear in driveways all over Pennsylvania suburbia. It’s almost become a rite of spring to get out there and spread a fresh couple of inches of ...

Peter Richards plants vegetables in sheet mulch, and Joellen Dimond plants a container herb garden. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, local gardener Peter Richards shows how to ...

There is so much to love about container gardening; whether you’re nurturing a vegetable container garden or simply adding some flowers to a patio or terrace, they can be a stunning addition to your ...

The largest plant family is the daisy family (Asteraceae), with over 32,000 species worldwide. Its diversity is lavishly exemplified at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, where I was recently a ...