Q I want to cover the garden bed with cedar mulch this year. I recognize the benefits -- maintaining moisture in the soil, preventing weed growth, etc. If it is put down too early, won't it prevent ...

Herb Clarke, the venerable TV weather forecaster-turned-radio garden expert in Philadelphia, recently offered some advice on mulch. His thoughts: Mulch is relatively new to the garden scene, and ...

Mulch is a blanket, an organic material applied to bare soil around plants. Effective mulches include shredded hardwood bark, pine needles, coarse compost, and shredded native tree trimmings. Mulching ...

Fall leaves are a present, not a problem! They supply everything you need to mulch and feed your landscape. If leaves fall on your lawn, mow them promptly, before they start to smother the grass.

: A cable company is laying new cable in our area. In the process the workers are mulching lots of tree limbs, primarily Ashe junipers. Would this make good mulch? I have heard that mulch from cedars ...

Q: Will cedar mulch hurt blueberries? Someone gave us several loads but now I’m wondering if it’s a good thing to apply to blueberries. Answer: While some mulches inhibit seed germination, cedar doesn ...