Q: Have you ever used pecan hulls as a mulch? I have access to some and wondered if they would be good in my flower and vegetable garden. A: Pecan hulls make a lovely mulch in a perennial garden or ...

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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.