Mulch is sold by the cubic foot or yard. Julie Snell, of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, offers this formula to figure out how much you'll need: Calculate the square footage of the area to be ...

All plants benefit from some protection against winter freeze. Usually, the larger the plant, the less likely it is to receive a fatal blow from winter, but all can benefit from some mulch around the ...

Mulching can be a tricky business. Like extra amounts of TC pesticides or fertilizer, overdoing a mulch can be too mulch, er, much of a good thing. Some observations on mulching from various sources ...