Get outside and check on how your garden beds are doing this winter. Eye-balling the garden will help you determine if you ...

Mulch offers a wide range of benefits to your garden, from weed suppression to moisture retention. If you want to DIY your own, check the bathroom waste bin.

Mulching Tips , For Your Gardening Hobby. Adding mulch to a garden has a variety of benefits, from maintaining moisture ...

Make your plants healthy and happy (and your life easier) by choosing the best mulch for your landscape. The right mulch will help your plants and trees stay healthy by retaining soil moisture and ...

The secret to a successful garden is the soil - protect it with mulch! Robert Milani, senior landscape architect with Bertog Landscape Company, in Wheeling, Ill., offers the following five tips for ...

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Fall mulching also gives you a head start on next spring. As the mulch breaks down over the winter, it adds essential nutrients to the soil, giving your plants a boost once warmer weather arrives.

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

Editor's note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

Winter gardening in the Carolinas is suddenly breaking the rules, and it’s making backyard conversations a lot more ...

I'm glad to see fewer and fewer homeowners in my neighborhood bagging and discarding leaves; unlike previous years, I know they're focused on sustainable alternatives. Whether their efforts are guided ...