Mulch helps retain moisture in the soil, regulate soil temperature, and suppress weeds. Composted hardwood bark is an excellent mulch choice for the Northeast, while pine straw and pine fines are ...

Mulch, if applied and maintained properly, can conserve water, reduce weeds & competition from other plants, act as a temperature regulator keeping your soil warmer in the winter and cooler in the ...

Mulching is often put on the back burner in favor of more immediate concerns. Like so many other chores, mulching gets neglected when needs that crop up right in front of us take precedence.

So let’s go to the brackets to see what works where. In this part of the country, the most common mulch material is probably hardwood bark. Most of it is a byproduct of the timber/lumber/paper ...