Q:I AM confused about mulching my garden. I would like to use fir bark. What time of year should I add mulch? Does mulch really need to be kept away from the trunks of my plants? How deep should the ...

If you've read my articles over the years, you may know I'm a huge fan of mulch, so much so that the Mulch and Soil Council named me its paid spokesman a few years back, a position I still hold. Yet I ...

I’ve pretty much gone mulch mad. For months we’ve had a fairly significant pile of mulch in the driveway. It was delivered by the nice tree workers who were in the neighborhood after the January ...

I'm fond of saying that there are three things you can do to eliminate 95 percent of your gardening challenges. First, put the right plant in the right place. Second, improve the soil by adding plenty ...

The largest plant family is the daisy family (Asteraceae), with over 32,000 species worldwide. Its diversity is lavishly exemplified at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, where I was recently a ...

I love watching the snow melt off the lawn. Not only does it give me hope for the gardening I know is so close at hand, it is always a surprise to see to what appears as the snow disappears. Last year ...