Choosing the best type of mulch for your garden is no easy task. To start, you have many material options, including organic and inorganic mulches. Once you narrow it down, you still have to choose ...

It is the time of year when weekends are for planting, pruning and mulching. When rain faded a Harnett County couple's hard work, they called Five On Your Side's Monica Laliberte for help. Red-dyed ...

It may seem trivial, but home gardeners who choose to use plastic mulch may want to note the advantages that research has shown for colored mulches over the more traditional black plastic mulch.

In last week's column, we considered organic mulches and clear, black and red plastic film. This week we'll wrap up with some thoughts on green and silver plastic mulch, biodegradable mulches and a ...

Woodchips are easily obtained in bulk for mulches that weather to a natural organic color the first season in the garden. Handout TNS Brick red-dyed mulch is the equivalent of the 1970s orange shag ...

For gardeners who care about trends, an old product suddenly has become daringly different. Colored mulches are the fastest growing segment in the huge but unquantified mulch trade. Black, dark brown ...

It seems like just about everyone is doing it — mulching. Mulching is an important gardening practice that offers several benefits. The most important is the ability to conserve moisture and keep the ...

Mulch in the garden is good, but seldom do we think of mulch as a decorative part of the garden, and rarely do we mulch pots with much more than a layer of compost. However, if you choose an ...

Plastic mulches have been used in vegetable production in the United States since the 1950s. Black plastic (polyethylene) mulch generates warmer soil temperatures and holds more moisture than bare ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HIGH POINT, N.C. — Hundreds of gallons of ...

Plastic mulches have been used in vegetable production in the United States since the 1950s. Black plastic (polyethylene) mulch, which alters the plant's growing environment by generating warmer soil ...