IF you live by the sea, you’d think nothing of dragging back a bucket of bladder wrack from the beach to use as mulch on your ...

Even young trees and shrubs can fall victim - rodents such as voles and rabbits may chew on their bark. Ensure you wrap them ...

The Habitat Hero Committee strives to put on a different, but useful workshop every winter. The 11th annual workshop on Feb. 1 hosted 137 participants and keynote speaker Lauren Springer, who tailored ...

Pecan hulls make a lovely mulch in a perennial garden or shrub bed. They lay flat and, at least in my experiences, they ...

Even though February might not scream gardening season, it’s the perfect time to prepare your spring garden for a vibrant ...

If you can't "learn to live with them," Neil Sperry suggests a ground cover that makes mowing around them unnecessary.

How Mulch Benefits Your Garden. Using mulch around trees and landscape plantings keeps grass from competing with them for ...

Agapanthus have the sort of relaxed glamour that evokes memories of summer holidays. Discover our best agapanthus varieties ...

Dear Neil: I’m seeing the landscape guys putting mounds of mulch around tree trunks in town. Is that really a good idea? It seems like it would cause decay in the wood of the trunks.

“Getting a new plant is always exciting, but you have to have patience,” says expert Ashlie Thomas, owner and author of The ...

Hidden Creek Landscaping also does its best to perform mulching services earlier in the season, weather permitting, and it ...