Four bales of straw equal a yard of mulch. Straw bales from a farm store or outlet that supplies farmers cost around $5 to $6 per bale, or $20 to $24 per cubic yard. Rubber mulch is recycled from ...

Every gardener knows that mulch is beneficial for their trees, shrubs and ornamental plantings, right? So how accurate is ...

Termites: the tiny terrors that can turn your dream home into a nightmare. These silent destroyers cause billions of dollars ...

Cardboard’s effectiveness at killing weeds can also extend to the ones that pop up through the cracks of garden paths. While ...

Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such ...

Kids are more vulnerable to heat illness than adults, and extreme temperatures affect learning, performance and concentration ...

Scoop: This type of shovel distributes mulch ... rubber foot pad on the steps adds comfort while you apply pressure to dig into harder earth. This shovel is heavy at about eight pounds, and it ...

Using sodium on alumina followed by tungsten oxide on silica proved much more economical and effective, even though the high temperatures required for the reaction added a bit to the cost.

Using sodium on alumina followed by tungsten oxide on silica proved much more economical and effective, even though the high temperatures required for the reaction added a bit to the cost.

More schools are tearing out hot asphalt, turf or rubber mats in favor of grass, gardens, mulch or trees ... but they often don’t cover the full cost, and schools sometimes don’t have the ...