When it comes to covers for your garden soil, pine straw may be right. You'll only know for sure once you've compared it to ...

As part of Mizzou Botanic Garden's leaf-mulching program, fallen leaves are shredded as they are vacuumed by the Landscape ...

Applying a thick 2- to 4-inch layer of mulch over your soil in autumn shelters plants from the cold and prevents their roots ...

Rhubarb is a hardy plant that thrives in cold weather, but mulching it now can help protect it from frost damage and promote ...

If you fertilize plants in winter when they're not growing, you risk damaging them in five ways. This guide looks at when and ...

According to the Nature Conservancy, some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year. There, they are ...

Horticulturist Jeff Epping will release a book in 2026 titled " The Gravel Garden ," offering inspiration and practical ...

Cardboard usually leaves the house folded and flattened, bound for a recycling bin. In winter gardens, it has taken on a ...

Pruning can continue through August as needed based on the gardener’s desires to control the height and bushiness of the ...

December is typically full of decisions. Here’s one more for you to contemplate: What are you going to do with your Christmas ...

Mulch is generally used to suppress weeds, conserve water, and improve the soil around garden plants. In winter, it can help ...

As the new year gets underway it’s a key time for planning your best garden yet. Here are all the garden jobs to do this ...