Every spring, we should take a look at our landscape to determine what clean-up or other preparations we need to do before the heat of the summer gets here. Cleaning up dead plant material, leaves, or ...

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Mulching for winter matters more than you think. We talked to an expert to find out when, how, and why to do it right.

Mulch has been a hot topic in the horticultural world as of late. A scathing essay by Radovan Hajek, a co-owner of US Perennials Nursery, on the American aesthetic of too much mulch and too few plants ...

When we think of gardening, we don’t spend much time thinking about mulch. Face it, it is more fun to plant flowers and shrubs for the beauty they bring. But mulch is the unsung hero of the landscape, ...

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“The clear light that belongs to October was making the landscape radiant.” — Florence Bone. “Sweet October, fill with praise. Rich and glowing as thy days, every poet’s heartfelt lays.” — Caroline ...

For many homeowners, spreading mulch is part of the ritual of tidying up the garden after the growing season. Some will use landscape fabric under the mulch, in the hope that it will prevent weeds ...