Don’t ditch those cardboard boxes; instead, put them to use in your garden, smothering out weeds, creating perfectly prepared soil, and composting in the process. “Using cardboard is a sustainable ...

IF YOU’RE looking for a non-chemical, more “organic” approach to killing weeds, all you need is cardboard. You read that right. A gardening expert has revealed her secret to removing weeds from her ...

The author’s garden midway through the growing season, full of vegetables and pest-repelling flowers. How long does cardboard take to decompose? Find answers to using a cardboard weed barrier in your ...

If oxalis is smothering your garden like gravy over biscuits, consider sheet mulching. Or, if you've got a lawn you want to get rid of, or soil that needs enriching, sheet mulch it. With one nearly ...

Laying down cardboard mulch before each growing season cuts down on weeds while enriching the soil without heavy digging. Does anyone remember Ruth Stout? Over a half-century ago, she pioneered what ...

A hand pulls a weed from gravel - Catlane/Getty Images If you're an avid gardener, you have likely heard every trick in the book to control weeds, and you've also probably learned that there is no ...

Horticulturist Daniel Cunningham plants a Vitex (Texas lilac) after creating a new flower bed by using sheet mulching at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Dallas. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer ...

With this eco-friendly, free and easy gardening method, you’ll have a better garden in no time! Just place cardboard in the fall and you'll be ready to plant in spring.

Try spreading a thick layer of mulch, like wood chips or straw, around your plants. Mulch blocks sunlight, which keeps weed seeds from sprouting. Spread mulch two to three inches deep for the best ...

What is this bug that has been showing up in my garden? Last week I saw it on milkweed. While it has a nicely ghoulish name for this time of year, the twice-stabbed stink bug is actually winding down ...

If you're an avid gardener, you have likely heard every trick in the book to control weeds, and you've also probably learned that there is no silver bullet to keeping your garden bed perfectly ...