Yahoo

Gardening: Protect trees from damage by bark mulch or rodents

If you have cleaned up the vegetable garden and cut back your perennials, you might be feeling just a little smug — especially since this gardening guy admits he is behind you in completing those ...
AOL

Pine Straw Vs Pine Bark Mulch: Which Is Best For Your Garden?

When it's time to freshen up the mulch in your garden or flower beds, you might find yourself second-guessing your usual choice. When pine straw and pine bark mulch are your two main options, you ...

How deep should your mulch be? Expert gives top tips for your garden this spring

For effective weed suppression without the need for a weed membrane, a mulch layer should ideally be three inches deep, ...

Which mulch should you be using for your garden?

Experts look at the most effective coverings for your beds and borders.
Kitsap Sun

Bark (as mulch, that is) is worse than bite

Compost is costly, I can’t deny it. It’s also been in short supply as more of us are tending our gardens and nurturing our soil. Bark, on the other hand, is relatively cheap and plentiful. If compost ...
Chillicothe Gazette

Let's Grow: Shrubs - pine bark is the ultimate mulch

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 ...
KTVB

You Can Grow It: Blowing bark is a fast way to spruce up your yard

BOISE, Idaho — Are you looking for a way to spruce up your home landscape without having to spend a lot of time and energy to do it? A blanket of bark mulch is a great way to make your yard pop with a ...
Chillicothe Gazette

Pine bark is the ultimate mulch

For 17 years, we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens and show beds, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed red wood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have come ...

Mulching your garden? What to use and what to avoid

Mulching is a key garden task, but many gardeners miss the mark. Learn what mulch is, how to apply it, and what to avoid.
Berkshire Eagle

Bark mulch may be helping weeds propagate in your garden beds. Instead, one expert says, use a mulch made from wood chips

In a recent column, I proposed mulches composed of living plants as an environmentally-friendly alternative for suppressing weeds, enhancing garden plant growth and nurturing the soil. I suspect, ...
Berkshire Eagle

Here's why you should replace your bark mulch with native garden groundcover

Sometimes even the best innovations have unexpected consequences. For example, one of the most important and successful pieces of environmental legislation in the history of the United States ...
Purdue University

Sour Mulch Can Burn Tender Plants

Although the benefits of mulching garden plants are many, wood mulch that has been improperly stockpiled can lead to plant injury or even death. Young herbaceous plants are the most susceptible to ...