Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it's time to freshen up the mulch in your garden or flower beds, you might find yourself second-guessing your usual choice.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the decisions that can have a surprisingly big impact on your plants is what you put around them. Cover is important for suppressing ...

Mulch helps retain moisture in the soil, regulate soil temperature, and suppress weeds. Composted hardwood bark is an excellent mulch choice for the Northeast, while pine straw and pine fines are ...

Q: Do pine needles make good winter mulch, or will they change the acidity of the soil? A: Pine needles make an excellent organic winter mulch. Thanks to their curved shape, they “breathe” well, so ...

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office shut down two lanes on J Turner Butler Boulevard Eastbound from a crash on Sunday evening. Choosing a decorative mulch or rocks adds beauty to the landscape. Mulching ...

For more than 20 years, we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed red wood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have come into ...

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 ...

Weeds are a widespread problem for the blueberry industry, particularly in young plantings when bushes are not fully established and most susceptible to competition. Weed control is even more of a ...