Every year, Americans spend about a billion dollars on mulch. Mulch can be a multitasking helper in the garden, something that smothers weeds, insulates plants from cold temperatures and prevents soil ...

Husband Ken and I are in mulching mode. We prefer to purchase our cypress mulch in easy-to-handle 2-cubic-foot bags. We watch the sale flyers from Home Depot and Lowe’s, planning to get it on sale, ...

I think I’d be hard pressed to find a gardener unaware of mulch, that stuff you put under plants to help keep down weeds and make your landscape beds look more defined. But there’s more to mulch than ...

For more than 20 years we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed redwood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have come into ...

Q: I'm planning to use my fallen leaves this fall as mulch around my plants and in my garden beds. How deep should I layer them? A: Excellent idea. Leaves make a superb mulch -- and they're free! On ...

You've weeded. You've planted. And if you mulched, you've put to use a practical gardening tool no Houston garden should be without. But which mulch is best? Their texture, color and price vary, and ...