When choosing the best type of mulch for your garden, you have a wealth of organic and inorganic products that you can select ...

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

In all its variations, mulch is a garden's and gardener's best friend ... Organic mulches include straw, pine needles, wood chips and bark, shredded leaves, and layers of newspaper.

Bark mulch is great underneath trees and in landscape beds. Avoid it, however, in vegetable gardens, where it can tie up nitrogen from the soil and prevent the nutrient from reaching plants.

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 ...

Attractive berries, found on deciduous hollies, pyracanthas and wintergreens, will add wonderful pops of colour, as well as ...

There are still things you can do to prepare your lawns and gardens to manage the winter and emerge healthier next spring.

Even if your veggie garden is finished for the season ... So is a fresh layer of bark mulch, if you happen to have wood chips on hand. Shred the mulch layer so it breaks down more easily and ...

After the major plant losses in our gardens last year ... is to open up the soil by working in some fine fir or hemlock bark mulch or sawdust to greatly improve the drainage.