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

Mulching leaves means to cut them into small pieces to reduce their volume and hasten decomposition. Mulched leaves are ...

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 ...

Everyone has a POV on the matter, but surprisingly, choosing to mulch or not mulch your leaves isn’t all about the ...

Shredded leaves make good mulch for your garden beds. Serious gardeners may consider renting a shredder, but be sure to use ...

Be sure to give additional water to any evergreens planted over the previous two years. I did some planting in my garden this ...

At our old house, I would end up with 15 to 20 mulched bags of leaves, which fulfilled all of our garden mulch needs. However, we moved last year, and our new house only has one large tree, so I’m not ...

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Mowers cut grass one of three ways. They mulch, they bag, or they discharge grass clippings out the side. Most mowers will mulch and bag, but only a few will do all three. There are also some ...

Fall is the season for raking leaves from your yard, but the City of Rockford says the collection of that waste will end in ...