"Possibility of contamination." Home gardener warned after sharing video of harmful landscaping mistake: 'I would not recommend using it' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Question: I see a lot of trees along streets and in parking lots with mulch piled up high around the base. Is this a good ...

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Mulching your landscaping beds Home gardeners often think of mulch as being something you add to landscape beds to discourage weed growth and retain soil moisture.

It’s best to use a mulching blade or adjust the angle of your mower’s blade to shred as finely as possible and to return the shredded debris back to the surface of the lawn. Mulching your landscaping ...

Inorganic options, such as gravel or rubber, offer long-lasting coverage. Mulch fills many important functions such as weed suppression, reducing wind erosion, and moderating soil temperature.

Mulch can be almost any loose aggregate material that will stay put and not significantly reduce air exchange out of the soil. But what kind is best?

This is true despite a Redditor's self-accusing post while asking about rubber mulch versus wood mulch in the r/landscaping subreddit. "That's why you have pest control spray" probably wasn't the best ...