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Whether you're trying to control weeds or make a garden bed look more finished, here's how to select the best type of mulch for every garden bed.

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You can kind of finish off your beds or your garden with mulch and it finishes things off for you," said Jeff Wallitsch, of Wallitsch Gardens. "But there's a lot of benefits for mulching.

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A: Leaf mold (also called leaf mulch) is composed of partially decomposed leaves and can be used to mulch garden beds or as a source of organic matter that you can use to amend your soil.