Peter Richards plants vegetables in sheet mulch, and Joellen Dimond plants a container herb garden. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, local gardener Peter Richards shows ...

As the heatwave sweeps across the UK, gardeners are being urged to take action to protect their plants from wilting and ...

When it comes to plants, a lot of great advice has been passed down through generations, but some gardening myths have ...

Mulching will help sensitive plants survive winter temperatures — these are the ones to protect now ...

With sustainability at the core, this popular gardening practice has taken over gardens due to its minimal care requirement.

Weeds are a common problem in gardens, but this simple method can help to prevent them and save you the trouble of pulling or ...

Cover plants in the ground with a sheet or blanket, which acts like insulation. ... If you have wood mulch or hay it's even better. The mulch helps protect the roots of the plant.

In nature, plants and decaying plant material blanket the ground. Nature desires to be covered, shaded, cooled, and protected ...

He killed his Bermuda grass lawn with cardboard and planted plants better suited for California. ... Eric Augusztiny’s front lawn is smothered in cardboard during the sheet mulching process.

Mulching can help preserve moisture and suppress weeds. In late fall, after the ground has frozen, apply two to three inches of straw mulch. Few pests bother rhubarb and deer don't like it.

Use a mulch fork: A great tool for removing and moving them is the True Temper 48-inch, wood-handled, welded steel mulch fork (Lowe's, $35). Its 10 tines are 1 1/2 inches apart - just right for ...