"I never learned that." Expert issues warning about common landscaping practice that does more harm than good: 'Oh wow' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A gardener shovels mulch into garden beds around his home. - Georgepeters/Getty Images A good layer of organic mulch can suppress ...

Piling mulch too high, a practice known as "volcano mulching," is extremely harmful to trees and shrubs. Excessive mulch can lead to root dehydration, bark damage, and can eventually kill a tree. When ...

Mulching in fall keeps grass from slowly taking over the area around trees and shrubs, preventing it from stealing resources once growth picks up in spring. Without this barrier, you'll likely need to ...

Homeowners have complicated relationships with trees. Most people know how important trees are to our environment, our health, and the landscape on which their properties sit. At the same time, trees ...

Who knows the right way to spread mulch around a tree? Or how to select the right tree for a specific space? Angela Anderson, ...

Mulch does matter, especially here in the Yakima Valley where we are experiencing hot weather, drought conditions, and water strains and restrictions. Today we look at important reasons to add mulch ...

I think I’d be hard pressed to find a gardener unaware of mulch, that stuff you put under plants to help keep down weeds and make your landscape beds look more defined. But there’s more to mulch than ...