When it comes to covers for your garden soil, pine straw may be right. You'll only know for sure once you've compared it to ...

A long-lasting mulch option can boost your garden's look and performance, but it comes with trade-offs worth weighing before ...

As part of Mizzou Botanic Garden's leaf-mulching program, fallen leaves are shredded as they are vacuumed by the Landscape ...

Don't put away your gardening gloves the minute frost hits. Your blueberry plants still need winter protection. Follow these ...

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 ...

Understanding the differences between structural fill dirt and topsoil is crucial for anyone involved in construction and landscaping projects. The success of these projects often depends on selecting ...

LLEWELLYN – A mulch and stone business is now open at the site of the former China Inn, 1357 Bunting St., Route 209, and will be holding its grand opening today. James Womer, owner of Womer ...

In my many years of gardening and horticultural consulting, I firmly believe two factors are more responsible for a healthy landscape than anything else. First, putting the right plant in the right ...

In my 40 years of teaching and consulting, one of the biggest and most frustrating problems I continually encounter is when so called “landscape professionals” and homeowners continue to apply annual ...