Then we've taken all of our vegetables. We have seed and plants, and we've spaced them out where we want to plant them in the straw, and we've got our trellis up for the cucumbers to grow on when ...

With so many choices available at garden centers, how do you choose the best mulch material for your vegetable garden? Wood ...

Key Points Organic mulch keeps soil cool, moist, and weed-free while boosting long-term soil health.Great natural mulches include compost, chopped leaves, pine needles, and straw.A thick 3-inch ...

Help your veggie plants thrive, even through heat and drought, by using straw mulch correctly.

Mulching will also help you wage the battle against weeds, which want to take over bare soil and compete with your plants for resources like water, nutrients, and sunlight.

Mulching will help sensitive plants survive winter temperatures — these are the ones to protect now ...

CONSIDER RICE STRAW: The best way to keep weeds down and conserve moisture this summer is to mulch vegetable plants with rice straw. A big bale goes a long way. Potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, ...

Mulch is an important component of landscaping that can be equal parts a style statement and one of the best ways to provide nutrients and protection for your plants. In addition to supporting the ...

Always leave enough space around your plant, like around 1 inch, when mulching to give some additional airflow. Leave the grass clippings alone from the first time you mow your lawn, so they can ...

The only foul call on pine fines as a mulch is that it is not a great product for a garden bed that sits on any kind of slope. A heavy Kentucky rain can send your pine fines down the driveway and ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - I have bragged about the abundance of oaks and, consequently oak leaves, that I’ll be able to use between the rows in my vegetable garden. A friend asked if pine straw ...

Pine straw remains loose and friable and does not form a top crust like grass clippings, leaves, and some other mulches. This looser mulch allows water to infiltrate readily into the soil for ...