While you're cozying up during winter, your garden is working, growing cold-hardy plants and prepping for spring. The mulch ...

Winter mulching helps regulate soil temperature and protect plant roots — but it's only beneficial to certain types of plants ...

Winter might feel like nature’s nap time, but beneath the surface, your soil is quietly reorganizing, rebuilding, and preparing for the next burst of life. With just a few simple steps, you can use ...

It has a beautiful planting of white pines around the patio. The trees seem to be losing a lot of needles, and I am worried ...

The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Wildlands Defense, Native Ecosystems Council, and Council for Wildlife and Fish sued the U.S. Forest Service in federal ...

Mulch adds protection to the roots of plants from fluctuating temperatures, suppresses weeds, and prevents moisture evaporation. Learn when and how you should mulch plants in the fall.

Your responses and questions to last week’s column fluttered into my inbox like oak leaves after a storm. Rather than taking my own advice and letting them lie unanswered in the proverbial email bed, ...

Wood mulch and wood chips will mat down to make a firm but spongy surface for your garden paths and around playsets. Pine straw is too slippery to walk on, so skip it when mulching these high-traffic ...

If you have pine trees in your yard, you know just how many needles wind up falling from them every year. While some homeowners just rake them up, others want to find a way to use the needles in their ...