Mulch vs. pine straw: which should you use? The answer depends on your garden’s needs. Wood mulches are excellent for retaining soil moisture, cooling the soil, and keeping weeds away. Meanwhile, pine ...

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Those who have homes surrounded by pine trees will want the best gutter guards for pine needles to keep their gutters free of ...

According to a expert, pine needle mulch is good for garden soil but does nothing to the acidity. Gardeners have been putting pine needle mulch, also known as pine straw, on acid-loving plants ...

With fall and winter weather on the horizon, mulch offers another key benefit: insulating plant and tree roots from the cold.

Therefore, you need to read this post to choose the best mulch for blueberries. If you grow your blueberries in the ground, these plants must face some problems such as compacted soil causing ...

Beautiful as they are, colorful autumn leaves can be a real clean up process. Instead of bagging them up or letting them blow ...

Here are a couple of November ideas that will help your trees and other plants get through the winter with less stress, plus an easy outdoor container planting idea that you will thank me for next ...

Whether you use pine straw, bark or some other material, most types of mulch are natural — so they decompose over time and must be replenished regularly to be most effective and look their best.

Whether you use pine straw, bark or some other material, most types of mulch are natural — so they decompose over time and must be replenished regularly to be most effective and look their best.