Mulches are materials placed over the soil surface to enhance landscape beauty, improve soil conditions, protect plants, and suppress weeds. Mulches are either organic or inorganic. To give your ...

Each year, those with a green thumb spread out mulch to protect their gardens, plants and trees. Mulch has lots of benefits for plants including keeping them warm, protecting moisture and preventing ...

I realize March ended at midnight on Friday but since so many of us are still firmly entranced by both the men’s and women’s college basketball March Madness, you'll forgive me for helping myself to a ...

Using shredded paper as garden mulch has pros and cons, depending on how you use it. Plain shredded paper is a safe and budget-friendly material when used correctly. Apply in thin layers and top with ...

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.

To the Editor: Trees matter a lot. When trees are planted, wood-mulch is often piled against the tree trunk like a volcano. It should be the inverse, namely, like a caldera or crater. A good rule of ...

You see it everywhere — mulch piled up against trees so that it looks like a volcano. But just because you see it — and just because a landscape company does it — doesn't mean it is a correct practice ...

Spring planting season has arrived and, again, a record number of Americans are readying for the annual rite of spreading mulch throughout their planting areas and trees. More than 80% of U.S.