Dear Neil: I’m seeing the landscape guys putting mounds of mulch around tree trunks in town. Is that really a good idea? It seems like it would cause decay in the wood of the trunks.

It seems like it would cause decay in the wood of the trunks. A: Those “mulch volcanoes” often get their start the day the trees are planted. Rather than carrying the extra soil they have ...

The community's advice was a direct antidote to the common landscaping mistake of mulch volcanoes. Unfortunately, whether it's because of bad DIY projects or landscapers' ignorance of their ...

Getting trees to recover from these "mulch volcanoes" is a fair bit of work but entirely possible. The mulch effectively suffocates the root system, causing an explosion of secondary roots to grow in ...

A volcano near Alaska’s most populous city could be on the brink of eruption after showing signs of unrest over the past 10 months, according to experts. Hundreds of small earthquakes have ...

Kilauea volcano began erupting and shooting lava into the air once again Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. The latest release of molten rock began 10:16 a.m. with lava flowing on to the floor ...

Bad mulching No volcanoes, please! The biggest no-no when mulching is to create a “mulch volcano” that is piled high around the base of the tree. This practice traps moisture around the tree ...

Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island began erupting this week for the ninth time since December, shooting lava over 300 feet into the air. One of the world's most active volcanoes, Kilauea ...

The volcano has been periodically erupting over the past month. One of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted for the seventh time since December, according to ...