Planting flowers, perennials, shrubs and trees without mulching is rather like getting dressed for an evening event without combing your hair. Mulch is the finishing touch that makes flower beds look ...

Weeds can rob your flower beds from their much-needed sunlight and soil nutrients, but mulch could be the key to keeping your ...

Q: How many times per year should one redo the mulch in flower beds, and what time of year is best? — M.P., Houston A: Maintaining a 2- to 3-inch blanket of organic mulch year-round is a good idea.

How to clear weeds from flower beds, feed and mulch Get on top of the weeds in your garden weeds before they have a chance to take hold – and start summer with a clean space ...

Purple, orange, red, and yellow flowers growing outdoors. - budistudio77/Shutterstock Some think of weeds simply as any plant growing where it's unwanted, but even ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - The addition of a layer of three inches of mulch is one of the best additions that you can make to any of your flower beds, shrubs, and trees. Coarse mulches applied at the ...

During our monthly Master Gardener meeting, I invited a fellow Master Gardener to drop by my home Friday morning to pick nectarines from my two trees. She arrived at our agreed-upon time of 9 a.m., as ...

My husband and I may not agree on a lot of things ... but one thing we do agree on is growing our own vegetables. We have a fairly good-sized garden - 6 spaces each 20 x 25 feet. We also have fruit ...