Leaving fall leaves on flower beds is eco-friendly and saves work, but this laidback approach can have negative consequences ...

There are many different types of mulch available to homeowners, and each has its best use cases. For example, some mulches are designed for aesthetics alone, while others can actually help plants ...

Adding mulch to your flower beds and around trees and shrubs provides many benefits to help your landscaping flourish, in ...

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 ...

Q: How many times per year should one redo the mulch in flower beds, and what time of year is best? — M.P., Houston A: Maintaining a 2- to 3-inch blanket of organic mulch year-round is a good idea.

Henry Homeyer says it is important to clean up the vegetable garden now in order to avoid overwintering diseases.

Q: The power company trimmed trees from lines in my area. They ran limbs and trees through a chipper and dumped some of the mulch on my land. Can I use this for mulch on my flower beds? A: That raw ...

A: Yes, leaves can be raked or blown into your beds to protect roots from freezing temps and to help replenish soil nutrients as they break down. You can also add leaves to a compost bin; or, if you ...

The trees have begun their annual ritual of showering us with leaves of orange, yellow, crimson and brown. For many, this means hours raking leaves and lugging them to the curb for the green-waste ...

Question: Is it good to mulch your perennial flower beds for the winter? I’ve heard varying opinions about it. Some say it just attracts slugs, disease and pests, and others say it is a good thing.

Mow light layers of leaves into the lawn. For heavier leaf layers that threaten to mat down the lawn or evergreen ...

Kathy Plonka/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW A maple leaf is surrounded by snow in the front lawn of a home on Idaho Street in Post Falls in October 2019. Leaves make good mulch. Have you found yourself leaning ...