For many years I have mulched my vegetable beds and garden borders with alternating layers of mature compost and washed dairy manure. Light, fluffy and innocent of weed seeds, both compost and cow ...

As we begin our spring garden season, I want to share information over the next few columns on soil amendments. Soil amendments are materials added to soil to enhance its physical and chemical ...

I really wanted to title this article, "Dung Da Dung Dung or Animal Recycling With Cover." You're right, I'm taking about the by-product of a cow. Now you say "What's the cover?" Hey gardener, the ...

Can it really be time to think about mulching the garden . . . again? This task rolls around as rapidly and relentlessly as Christmas, so if you follow good gardening practices and mulch twice a year, ...

But sheet mulching does even more than that. Beneath the layers of compost materials, sheet mulches typically include a layer of cardboard to keep grass and weeds from growing through – a great way to ...

Also, how to choose, and use, the best mulch. With the summer heat already here and water supplies severely limited, many of us are anxious about being able to keep our gardens looking beautiful ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...