Choosing the best type of mulch for your garden is no easy task. To start, you have many material options, including organic and inorganic mulches. Once you narrow it down, you still have to choose ...

Should I try plastic mulch in my vegetable garden to keep out weeds? I read the color red is better for tomatoes and blue [is better] for squash and cucumbers ...

It is gardening time or, at least, gardening planning time. Few things are better to dream about reaping from your garden than fresh strawberries, so pick up some red mulch and you'll grow the ...

To that part of me that sees my vegetable garden as a bastion of natural processes, plastic mulch has always seemed a synthetic intrusion. The scientifically curious and greedy parts of me, though, ...

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 ...

Mulch Madness is under way. It’s always a safe bet to go with hardwood chips, the perennial favorite. These days, cocoa hulls ($3 per 2-cubic-foot bag) are making a strong showing, and shredded car ...

For many homeowners, spreading mulch is part of the ritual of tidying up the garden after the growing season. Some will use landscape fabric under the mulch, in the hope that it will prevent weeds ...

Back when I was a professional gardener, I had clients who insisted on having me lay down landscape fabric then putting bark on top of it to discourage weeds. I hated this practice and tried to talk ...