Someone planting a ground cover plant in fresh soil - Chet_w/Getty Images While ground cover plants are often referred to as living mulch because they'll eventually spread and cover the soil with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That said, there is a right and wrong way to use mulch in your garden beds—and you actually can harm your plants when you use it ...

They’re not the tallest plants in the forest, the brightest nor the showiest, yet groups of tiny ground covers still stop Elyse Jurgen on hikes. She snapped a photo in Lancaster County Park of a mix ...

Mulch is well-known for its many great purposes. It retains moisture well and maintains temperature levels in the soil, increasing soil fertility, weed control, protecting roots from lawnmowers or ...

If you use mulch in your landscape, chances are it has thinned out over the summer and is in need of refreshing. If you’ve been putting off this chore, consider this: Mulching isn’t just about ...

Mulch provides a variety of benefits for gardens, including weed control, temperature regulation, and moisture retention. Organic mulches, like compost and wood chips, decompose over time, enriching ...

I love my landscape, but it seems important to prepare for drought and fire danger. That is why I use mulch to maintain soil moisture and prevent weeds, and I keep the mulch at least 5 feet away from ...

Today’s newspapers, printed with natural, soy-based inks, are versatile gardening tools. Newspaper sheets can be used in all different stages of gardening, like these seedling pots. (Kelly Hayes, The ...