Gardeners are often concerned about environmental issues and one of the big ones these days is single-use plastic bags. Recently I mulched an area and had over 30 plastic mulch bags that seemed a ...

Sometimes the internet leads you astray, but other times, it gives great advice. From uses of cardboard boxes to gravel ...

Penn State University researchers claim that consumers buying bags of cypress mulch might not be getting what they think. Using a new method of analyzing wood, the researchers found that bags of ...

Spring has barely cleared its throat, the soil is still cool, and yet the garden center parking lot is already packed. Bags ...

Your bag of mulch may not be what you think it is. In a new study, researchers found that some bags labeled as 'cypress' contain only 50% cypress, while other bags contained no cypress at all. Your ...

The first few weeks of April are ideal for turning lawn or bare space into garden beds. You’ll have the soil ready just in time for prime planting season. One caveat, though. Never dig soil when it’s ...

The main reason to use ChipDrop is that it’s free, or at least insanely discounted. For comparison, buying one cubic yard of uncolored hardwood mulch in bulk costs about $28, depending on where you ...