The right mulch will help your plants and trees stay healthy by retaining soil moisture and keeping their roots cooler in summer and warmer in winter. It can also make your life easier by discouraging ...

Regardless of mulch type, aim for about 2-3 inches of mulch; any more than that, and you could end up smothering your plants or encouraging rot. If you already have mulch from earlier in the year, ...

I ended up either buying too many plants or too few last year and would like some advice on how to more accurately calculate the materials I need for my garden. It seems like I am always ...

A yard of mulch, I now know, is 3 feet long. I also now know, much too late, that a yard of mulch can be 60, 72, or even 102 inches wide, depending, apparently, on the mood of the people who load the ...