It may seem trivial, but home gardeners who choose to use plastic mulch may want to note the advantages that research has shown for colored mulches over the more traditional black plastic mulch.

Shredded native tree trimmings are the best choice for mulching bare soil around all food crops and landscaping plants. Howard Garrett / Special Contributor I’ve been mulching bare soil around new ...

So are June, July, August, September and the other seven months. So what is mulch, and why should you use it? Taylor s Dictionary for Gardeners identifies mulch as a layer of bark, peat moss, compost, ...

Though mulch's main purpose is to preserve moisture and deter weed growth, it also has an aesthetic function, and so the available choices are sometimes the source of disagreement. Some prefer to take ...

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 ...

Oldcastle packages colored mulches and soils, and sells them at big-box home improvement stores. Work starts on renovating former Ford engine plant in Brook Park Cleveland center to train students for ...