A close up of a farmer crouching down and using his hands to test the health of the soil. - Ljubaphoto/Getty Images Although it may be tempting to devote all your energy to monitoring the growth of ...

For more than 20 years we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed redwood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have come into ...