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 ...

A: Wheat straw makes a great mulch for vegetables. I would avoid oat straw because it tends to pack down and repel water or baled fescue pasture straw because of the weeds.

There is one aspect of applying wheat straw mulch that is a “Royal Pain” during fall fescue seeding. Every fall within 30 minutes after applying wheat straw to seeded areas, I am pummeled with scores ...

After such a rainy spring, gardeners are ready to go and that means lots of questions. Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University's Extension ...

Now is the time to mulch. Recent rainstorms have made sure there is adequate moisture in the soil to satisfy most trees and shrubs. Mulches should be attractive, conserve moisture, keep weeds down and ...

Pine straw mulch, the dried byproduct of fallen pine needles, is a popular mulch because it is lightweight yet remains stable and cohesive. Mulch is an indispensable part of landscaping and gardening.

Mulch has many benefits in the garden, like retaining soil moisture, insulating roots, and deterring weeds. Spreading a layer of mulch also makes your landscape look tidier. But there are so many ...

Q I reseeded my yard last fall and used a straw mulch. I now have a healthy crop of "hay" growing in the lawn. Can I use an herbicide that would selectively kill the hay? If not, will it die off this ...