Dear Dr. Dirt: I am considering planting Knock Out roses and grass along the south side of my house. A friend suggested I use the new rubber (old tires) mulch since it is more environmentally friendly ...

I’ve heard mulches made from ground-up tires could be toxic. Is rubber mulch safe to put on my garden beds? Rubber mulches made from shredded tires are touted by manufacturers as permanent, ...

As one homeowner built out the area beneath their child's swing set, they posted concerns about the construction. They wanted advice on what to do to create a division between the fescue grass and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One parent reached out to the r/landscaping subreddit for advice on the ideal building materials for a backyard playground. Using ...

Happy almost spring! As with so many of these thorny eco-dilemmas, the answer depends upon whom you ask. Passionate people on both sides of the mulch aisle will try to convince you that this product ...

Q: I recently put down recycled rubber as mulch for my front flower bed. It looks great now, and I like what I’ve heard about it not being an attractant for insects. I dug out the bed, removed an ...

Two garden terms you might often see mentioned in these columns are “compost” (decaying organic matter) to enrich our sandy soil and “mulch” (material spread around plants to reduce evaporation, ...

Head out into the forest and you'll find every plant surrounded by nature's mulch — fallen leaves and decomposing vegetation. The soil beneath the litter is usually moist and nutrient-rich. We can ...

Mulch is a blanket, an organic material applied to bare soil around plants. Effective mulches include shredded hardwood bark, pine needles, coarse compost, and shredded native tree trimmings. Mulching ...