If you've read my articles over the years, you may know I'm a huge fan of mulch, so much so that the Mulch and Soil Council named me its paid spokesman a few years back, a position I still hold. Yet I ...

Q:I AM confused about mulching my garden. I would like to use fir bark. What time of year should I add mulch? Does mulch really need to be kept away from the trunks of my plants? How deep should the ...

I’ve pretty much gone mulch mad. For months we’ve had a fairly significant pile of mulch in the driveway. It was delivered by the nice tree workers who were in the neighborhood after the January ...