You might not consider that lawns profit from mulching, but unless you use a leaf catcher each time, you are mulching your ...

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Osmosis Day Spa's enzyme-cedar bath buries guests in a magic mixture of wood chips and rice bran for a relaxing, warming and ...

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The recycled-content board plant in Cedar Springs, Georgia, has the capacity to produce up to 1 million tons per year of ...

As gardeners prepare their beds for the spring season, the neighbour’s manicured lawn and freshly mulched flower beds can be a sight for envy. But there may be more to mulching than meets the eye.

Gardeners face an ongoing battle against pests that can damage plants, reduce yields, and sometimes destroy entire gardens. While chemical pesticides offer one solution, many gardeners seek natural ...

Organic mulches include materials like wood chips, bark, straw, compost, pine needles, and leaves. Inorganic options include gravel, landscape fabric, and plastic. Each type creates different ...

Inorganic mulch refers to wood chip mulch (usually pine or cedar) that has been dyed or treated with herbicides or pesticides. While the dyes used for colored mulch are generally considered safe ...

Surface mulching with a three-to-four-inch-thick layer of fresh, raw, coarse tree chip mulch is one of the most healthful treatments for trees and gardens. On the other hand, a recent site visit ...

This is not true of cedar, pine or other wood chips. Excess nitrogen in the form of nitrate (NO3-) is readily leached or washed through sandy soil, less so through clay. It comes mostly from ...