We encourage people to wait until after Thanksgiving or early December to mulch most plants for winter. This gives plants time to go fully dormant and the soil time to begin freezing. When a heavy ...

Heavy bed sheets, comforters, or burlap can be used to cover your plants and flowers to protect them from the snow and frost.

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — The Glades mulch fire in St. Lucie County is 100% contained, however, heavy smoke in the area will continue over the next several days or weeks, according to the Florida ...

DETROIT -- A fire that started Tuesday night at a mulch supplier may burn for several days before it is completely extinguished, said officials with the Detroit Fire Department. According to Fox 2 ...

I have some plumbagos planted in my yard that just don't seem to grow. I put one in a large pot, and it is growing like crazy. I also have other landscape plants that don't seem to be growing like ...

I recently had someone help me clean out my landscape beds and put in fresh pine bark mulch. I suggested that they put down about 4 inches of mulch. Was that too much? For very light mulch, such as ...

We were told by a pest control company that the mulch next to our house was contributing to our ant problem. I'd prefer NOT to put rocks in those beds. Is there any kind of mulch that is not ...

The most popular practice for water conservation that protects existing gardens, especially in areas with low moisture, is to mulch. It's adding a layer of organic material around each plant to reduce ...

Q I would love to be able to mow and mulch the leaves in my yard, as you suggest. However, I have about eight large magnolia trees in my backyard. My mower won’t pick up and chop up these leaves fine ...

TROY, Ill. – There was heavy smoke coming from a fire at a mulch plant in Troy, Illinois, and brush fires near Edwardsville. Firefighters say that they have both fires under control. Police said that ...