Start with dry leaves — it makes the whole process much easier. Look for maple, oak, and beech leaves, as they make excellent ...

If you don't want to use leaves or don't have any around, you can buy bagged mulch. Fornari recommends Coast of Maine ... but I think this is bad advice," says Fornari. "Also, straw is widely ...

An open bag of Fritos chips and an orange straw - Angie Seibold Chip bag held upside down, chips spilled onto table - Angie Seibold We just had a party, which left three open bags of chips of ...

But the choice of mulch and the scale of your garden or vegetable ... He says sugarcane straw is a mulching marvel for your vegetable patch. “Sugar cane straw, which [can be around] $15-$20 per large ...

You can buy 2-cubic-foot bags for use in small areas or ... and not in vegetable or flower beds. Pine straw: Easy to find, this is an ideal mulch for vegetable gardens that also works well in ...

Mulch adds protection to the roots of plants from fluctuating temperatures, suppresses weeds, and prevents moisture ...

Store-bought bags of mulch are not the insects’ food of choice ... Melaleuca - Cypress heartwood - Pine straw - Cedar - Melaleuca - Cypress heartwood - Pine straw - Cedar No matter the type ...

Fallen leaves make a fine mulch for garden beds and trees and shrubs, but they aren’t the only possibility. “Any kind of organic matter can make a good mulch,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge ...