Beautiful as they are, colorful autumn leaves can be a real clean up process. Instead of bagging them up or letting them blow away, you can turn them into a valuable resource for your garden. Leaf ...

'November mulching also adds nutrients to the soil as it breaks down over the winter, and gives beneficial insects a place to ...

Horticulturist Daniel Cunningham plants a Vitex (Texas lilac) after creating a new flower bed by using sheet mulching at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Dallas. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer ...

As you're prepping your garden for its winter slumber (or even introducing new plants for a winter vegetable garden), you ...

It's a double-edged sword, a blessing and a curse. Leaf season is a multi-faceted touchstone for gardeners and homeowners across the region. As a homeowner who lives in Louisville’s Highlands ...

The leaves are falling all over the state now. There are several things you can do with those leaves. One great way to use them to your — and your plants’ — benefit is to use leaf litter as mulch.

Q: I recently saw a TV-news article stating that the National Wildlife Federation recommends using leaves as mulch in our gardens. It looks a bit untidy. Do leaves used as mulch really do that much ...

It's that time of year when your lawn is probably littered with autumn leaves. While the spectrum of colors can look quite the spectacle, proud lawn owners will be tempted to rake them up or grab the ...

It's the season of falling leaves, and you might be tempted to use your pile as mulch for your garden and around the yard.

Raking or blowing leaves is not only laborious, it's wasteful. This fall's growing movement is to mulch leaves in place, letting the shards decompose during winter to nourish your glorious, green lawn ...

“Fall is for planting” is an accepted slogan, but fall is also for mulching. Fall is a great time to mulch because that is when fallen leaves are available. Most people think of the spring as the time ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – While the beautiful fall foliage is upon us in Southwest Virginia, it won’t be long until the leaves start falling and people will begin raking and bagging them up. But before you ...