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 Dark Harbor Blend Enriching Mulch for vegetable gardens. Its fine texture doesn't ...

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

(WGHP) — You hear a lot of people say they spent the weekend spreading mulch. It makes lawns and flower beds look pretty, and ...

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 ...

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

You can buy 2-cubic-foot bags for use in small areas or have ... Pine straw: Easy to find, this is an ideal mulch for vegetable gardens that also works well in ornamental beds.

Learn when and how you should mulch plants in the fall. Getty Images In all its variations, mulch is a garden's and ...

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 ...