Choosing the best type of mulch for your garden is no easy task. To start, you have many material options, including organic and inorganic mulches. Once you narrow it down, you still have to choose ...

Though mulch's main purpose is to preserve moisture and deter weed growth, it also has an aesthetic function, and so the available choices are sometimes the source of disagreement. Some prefer to take ...

Expanding beyond organic mulches, let’s review other choices for mulches that can be as effective in landscape stewardship and curb appeal. Mulches come in many different forms and shapes including ...

Bushes in yard mulched with black mulch from a wagon - Ozgurcoskun/Getty Images With so many types of mulch on the market, it can feel impossible to know how to best use mulch in your garden. The best ...

It may seem trivial, but home gardeners who choose to use plastic mulch may want to note the advantages that research has shown for colored mulches over the more traditional black plastic mulch.

A long-lasting mulch option can boost your garden's look and performance, but it comes with trade-offs worth weighing before ...

When the weather is as dry as it has been in Eastern Iowa, mulch is an essential. Here's hoping for rain; when mulch can be equally important. Linn County Master Gardener, Lisa Slattery, shares the ...

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 ...

MIAMI, FL—Plastic mulches have been used in vegetable production in the United States since the 1950s. Black plastic (polyethylene) mulch, which alters the plant's growing environment by generating ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Want to suppress weeds, conserve moisture, and enrich your soil over time? The first step is choosing the best type of mulch for your garden.

PREPARING THE BACKYARD: Landscapers go to work preparing an organic mulch for a backyard garden. Organic mulches contain pine straw and are attractive in the short term. “In the entire circle of the ...