A long-lasting mulch option can boost your garden's look and performance, but it comes with trade-offs worth weighing before ...

Forget using newspaper to line the bottom of your bird cage. Instead, use papers to mulch your garden. Put down four or five layers of newsprint around your plants and watch weeds bite the dust. To ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. If all you've heard about mulch is bad puns like ...

You've weeded. You've planted. And if you mulched, you've put to use a practical gardening tool no Houston garden should be without. But which mulch is best? Their texture, color and price vary, and ...