Adding mulch to your garden has countless benefits, but which type do you choose? An expert breaks down the best mulch type ...

Mulching with a thick layer of straw can almost eliminate them. ... All right, Joellen, we got those pepper plants in the ground. Are they're gonna get choked out by the straw?

Apply mulch of shredded leaves and/or straw when the soil has warmed up and the plants start to spread. Use 15-20 cm cover over the entire area and tuck right up to the growing plants.

It breaks down more slowly than wood mulch, so it needs to be re-applied less often. It is also lightweight and is easily handled. Typically, new applications will require three inches of straw that ...

Straw makes an attractive mulch in the vegetable garden, but I think it looks out of place in landscapes and flower gardens. A normal sized bale of straw will cover about a ten by ten foot area.

Mulch is important because it helps hold constant moisture, allowing seed to germinate quickly. Applying one to two bales of clean wheat straw per 1,000 square feet will typically cover seeded areas.

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 ...

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 ...