The first step is choosing the best type of mulch for your garden. Although purchasing a specific mulch type is always an ...

When shopping for organic mulch, you will most likely come across cypress mulch. Home improvement stores and garden centers sell either 100 percent cypress mulch or a cypress mulch blend that also ...

Cypress mulch can come from whole, old-growth trees cut from wetlands. Its use is discouraged in landscaping. Some local laws even regulate it.

Cedar blend is composed of shredded cedar or juniper trees plus material from other types of trees. This “non-cedar” material will decompose faster than pure cedar or cypress mulch.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture today, May 9, issued a stop-sale order for a number of 2- and 3-cubic-foot bags of mulch produced by Columbus-based Ohio Mulch Supply.

Q.: Two years ago, I put cypress mulch three to five inches deep on my flower beds. It worked great, the plants grew nicely and blossomed well. Last year, I added more mulch but the plants did not ...

The bald cypress is the best form of natural storm and flood protection for the Gulf Coast, but it is ending up in garden beds as mulch.

If you’ve read Michael Behar’s “Mulch Madness,” you already know that the sale of cypress mulch is threatening to destroy Louisiana’s best defense against hurricanes and one of the ...

Organic mulch is Earth-friendly, but concerns about one source of mulch have set off environmental alarms in Louisiana. A coalition of Louisiana environmental groups contends that cypress trees ...

Question: Can you set the myths straight about cypress mulch? Does it keep away termites? Weeds? Is it better than other mulch such as mixed-wood mulch? B.A.Z, Ormond Beach Answer: Cypress mulch do… ...