The smell of spring is in the air in Greater Columbus — not the smell of hyacinths or daffodils, but the smell of freshly applied hardwood mulch around trees and shrubs and other perennial plants.

A mulch volcano is the result of the practice of piling mulch high around the base of a tree trunk, forming it into a volcano-like shape. While in theory this is done to protect the tree ...

Dear Neil: I’m seeing the landscape guys putting mounds of mulch around tree trunks in town. Is that really a good idea? It ...

Mulches can also be used for decorating the tops of pots. In the autumn, spread a ring of mulch around newly planted trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials. In early winter, tender plants like ...

Whatever they don’t eat gets processed and turned into wood chips to sprinkle around ... Christmas tree recycling programs, including one run by the city of Chicago, which creates mulch from ...

Flammable mulch in contact with tree trunks caused severe fire wounds around the base of the trunks. In older trees with open cavities, dry, exposed inner wood was ignited by burning mulch.