Mulching a lawn with grass clippings might not have crossed your mind before as something you could be doing, but it has the potential to be a real game-changer in terms of the health of your lawn.

Is it ever right to use your grass clippings as a garden mulch?? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, we’ll bend–but not break–the rules as Mike McGrath looks at the pros and cons of collecting those ...

Every spring, we should take a look at our landscape to determine what clean-up or other preparations we need to do before the heat of the summer gets here. Cleaning up dead plant material, leaves, or ...

Yard waste can make good mulch for roses.Mulching roses provides many benefits for the plant. Using organic mulch not only offers protection for roots and keeps the soil moist, but also releases ...

CORVALLIS – If your goal is a nice lawn, leave clippings on the grass when you mow. It’s easier, feeds the grass and leads to a better-looking and healthier lawn. Unless you’ve let the lawn grow ...

Do you utilize mulch in the garden? If you do, that’s great! If you don’t, you should consider adding mulch to the garden, as there are many benefits. Benefits of mulch include preserving moisture, ...

Adding mulch to your garden is invaluable for controlling weeds and keeping the soil moist. While bark chips are probably ...

Mulch is so basic to gardening that it’s become a verb. To mulch. It can even be conjugated. I mulch, he mulches, nous mulchons. In fact, mulch is a noun derived from some kind of old German or Middle ...

I just bought a new home after living in an apartment for many years and would like some advice on how to pick a good mower for a mid-sized, low-maintenance bluegrass lawn. — Dan Wallace, Gurnee There ...