Winter mulch safeguards delicate plants from cold damage and enhances plant health by improving soil structure, boosting watering retention, and suppressing weeds. However, mulch needs to be applied ...

“Great mulches for winter include bark chips, shredded bark, straw, evergreen boughs and other loose, coarse-textured organic ...

I have a heavy clay soil. What is the best way to improve it so my plants will grow better? The most important thing I have ever learned about gardening is this: The key to improving plant growth with ...

Every gardener knows that mulch is beneficial for their trees, shrubs and ornamental plantings, right? So how accurate is your mulch knowledge? Test yourself by answering the following true or false ...

OK, you caught me. I realize March ended at midnight on Friday but since so many of us are still firmly entranced by both the men’s and women’s college basketball March Madness, you'll forgive me for ...

With the warm spring temperatures, home gardeners and commercial landscapers are busy doing spring landscape cleanups that often include the application of a fresh layer of mulch. When used properly, ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. October is here! That’s right, football, picking pumpkins and making apple cider. Well, a lot more goes on in the fall but I do enjoy some good apple cider ...

Although the benefits of mulching garden plants are many, wood mulch that has been improperly stockpiled can lead to plant injury or even death. Young herbaceous plants are the most susceptible to ...

Mulch volcanoes come from people making a well-intentioned yet destructive mistake in tree care. When mulch is piled high ...

The solution to prevent mulch volcano damage is to spread mulch properly around the tree while leaving a gap around the base ...

We report on an experiment planted in May 1991 to investigate the effects of single and combined application of wheat straw mulch, NP fertilizer and supplemental irrigation on survival and growth of ...