It might sound counterintuitive, but landscaping plants that stay green all winter long could use some winter protection.

Gardening experts explain why mulch is important in the winter, when and how much to apply, and the benefits of mulch.

'Mulch is extremely helpful for protecting plants from cold temps by acting as a warm, insulating blanket for them, while ...

Caring for rosemary indoors during winter is straightforward. Place your rosemary in a window that gets six to eight hours of ...

Spring planting in mulch helps control weeds, including reducing the need to weed as much. Few weeds will come up through a 4-inch layer of hay. In spring we plant several crops into hay mulch to help ...

Great mulches for winter include bark chips, shredded bark, straw, evergreen boughs and other loose, coarse-textured organic materials. (Rick Wetherbee) For many gardeners, mulch is as common place in ...

The best thing you can do for any plant in your garden is to water it deeply ahead of a freeze. Water acts as an insulator, ...

Celeste Scott plants in different types of mulch and Joellen Dimond talks about diseases of annuals. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Horticulture Specialist ...

Q: We won’t move to Las Vegas until after June 1, and I am excited about using a raised bed. I’m guessing that’s too late to start a salsa garden, so what are my options? Wait until next spring?

Spring has sprung – and so have the weeds. The time to mulch has arrived. Gardening experienced a boom during the pandemic as Americans looked for new hobbies. And the number of U.S. homes with ...

There are three areas in gardening and landscaping that mistakes are often made. Planting, mulching and watering seem like simple chores, but when they are not done correctly plants often suffer.