Sheet mulching with cardboard is the secret to fewer weeds and fuss-free plant-bed prep.

Removing bindweed early is essential because it can quickly take over your garden and strangle healthy plants. Smothering the weed with cardboard and mulch blocks sunlight, eventually starving the ...

If oxalis is smothering your garden like gravy over biscuits, consider sheet mulching. Or, if you've got a lawn you want to get rid of, or soil that needs enriching, sheet mulch it. With one nearly ...

Now’s the time to turn to feel-good activities like gardening. And, as you shelter in place, it’s a good opportunity to get your questions answered. Turn to Ask an Expert, an online ...

Question: My neighbor says mulch will reduce my weed problems. How does that reduce weeds? What exactly is mulch? What is the best mulch to use? Answer: Mulch is any material used to cover the soil ...

While a healthy garden starts with healthy soil, there's one time-tested task used to improve soil aeration that may actually ...

A weed is generally defined as any unwanted plant. Common garden weeds include dandelions, purslane, lamb’s quarters, bindweed, and pigweed. Weeds compete with plants for water, sunlight, and ...

Few things frustrate a gardener more than seeing their garden overtaken by weeds. The daunting task of battling back weeds can also discourage new gardeners from even starting a garden in the first ...

Happy Thanksgiving! Let us be grateful for the recent rain. Let us be grateful for a climate with minimal plant diseases. Let us be thankful for all the other gardeners out there working to provide ...

Field experiments were conducted to determine the effects of various densities of four fall-seeded small grain mulches and diphenamid (N,N-dimethyl-α-phenyl benzeneacetamide) on weed control, yield, ...