Winter can feel like a time to avoid the garden, but these simple jobs can help keep things productive through the cooler ...

They come in many varieties and sizes and can be used as a “living” or “green” mulch. These giant hostas, with broad seersucker-like leaves, grow in a dense clump to about 1½ feet tall ...

How to mulch your garden. Spread a thin layer of mulch around trees and garden beds to keep roots cool and prevent stress from extreme temperatures. Mulch annually. Over time, mulch materials ...

Growing carrots around peppers can help to shade out some of the weeds, providing a living mulch. These companion plants are also a great way to maximize space in the garden. Plus, who doesn't ...

If your garden resembles a mulch bed more than a flowerbed — with one plant here, one plant there and stretches of wood chips in between — it might be ...

My garden sure wood be nothing without mulch!. Like choosing the right plant for the right place, mulch should match the conditions and plants growing in your garden. Mulch can be plant-based ...

But mulch carefully: In other parts of the garden, too much heat can be a bad thing. Piling wood chips around the base of trees, for instance, can encourage fungus and make the trunk and shallow ...

Cornell Cooperative Extension Oneida County answers home and garden questions which can be emailed [email protected] or call 315-736-3394, press 1 and ext. 333. Leave your question, name ...

A living mulch based on the perennial crop lucerne is allowing Danish farmer and agronomist Frederik Larsen to harvest more sunlight and produce two crops. Sign in. LATEST. LATEST.