Q. Just recently, I have noticed brown dots appear on the side of my house. When I try to remove them, I find it is almost impossible to do so without damaging my siding. What is going on? A. It ...

Hint: You don't need to mulch as often as you think. Mulching a garden comes with plenty of benefits. Mulch helps prevent weeds, improve moisture retention, and control soil temperature. But is ...

"Grease" may not be the word, after all, as Joe Ponessa, emeritus professor of housing, indoor environment and health at Rutgers Cooperative Extension, sees it. Ponessa was responding to a recent ...

Key Points The best time to mulch depends on the bed type and the plants you’re growing.You may mulch some beds in fall and ...

Fungi are a natural part of landscapes. They go unnoticed until we see signs of them or symptoms on plants. Signs can be mold, mushrooms, decay, or rusty colored dust on lawn mowers. Symptoms may ...

As you drive around the region, you can see that most landscape beds are covered with some sort of mulch. Although many people consider decorative gravels as mulch, I would like to define landscape ...

Sep. 6—Mulches provide numerous benefits in our landscapes, including conserving soil moisture and suppressing weeds, as well as providing a pleasing background to highlight landscape plantings.

Mulching our gardens provides many benefits such as moisture retention, suppressing weeds and adding organic matter to our soil. Mulch can also provide a perfect growing medium for fungi and slime ...

Once the leaves break down, you can use them as mulch, a soil amendment, or as a potting soil base. However, Renusch notes that it can take up to three years for the leaves to fully break down into a ...

Do You Need to Mulch Every Year? No, you don’t have to mulch every year, but doing so can benefit your garden. Choosing to mulch isn’t a one-size-fits-all task and depends upon several factors. "It ...