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Reasons Why Motorcycle Repairs Get Expensive

You have to do some repair work on your Harley and you notice that the price tag is already getting pretty high just after you talk to...

How To Calculate Cubic Yards Mulch Per Square Feet

Here you will find a calculator to help you determine how much mulch you need to cover an area.

Sheet Mulching: How to Smother Weeds, Build Soil & Conserve Water the Easy Way

Why Your Garden Needs Mulch (Assuming You Do It Right)

Used correctly, mulch builds and improves your soil like nothing else. But don’t make these common mistakes.

7 Tips For Bike Riding With Your Dog

You've decided you'd like to bike with your dog. Great! Before you hop onto your bike, take some time to read these tips for biking with dogs safely.

Consider easy and more sustainable alternatives to peat moss

So much peat moss has been harvested for use in gardens and landscapes that in many places there’s not much left. | realestate.boston.com

How to Prepare Peat Moss for Flytraps, Sundews and Other Carnivorous Plants

An explanation of how to prepare Canadian peat moss when using it to pot carnivorous plants such as the Venus Flytrap. Learn how to make peat tea in the process,...

Mulching Guide: Benefits of Mulch

Learn the advantages and disadvantages of mulching your garden, as well as the best and worst types of mulch to use.

The Benefits of Mulch

Mulch gives your plants another layer of defense from unwanted critters and Mother Nature, and provides them with another helping of nutrients.

Why Plants Are Better at Mulching Than Mulch

If you enjoy spreading wood mulch every year in your landscape, then by all means ignore this post. If you enjoy pushing heavy wheel barrows and carefully navigating plant stems and branches without...

The Benefits Of Garden Mulch

Want to know the benefits of garden mulch? If you're looking for a new way to garden consider using mulch. The options are endless and the benefits rock.

The Benefits of Gardening with Mulch

Adding mulch to your garden can have a direct influence on yield. Mulching protects your soil from direct sunlight, moderates temperature, and retains moisture.

Mulching mistakes to avoid

Lawn and garden enthusiasts who want to make their properties as idyllic as possible should depend on mulch to help them accomplish that goal.

Things to know when laying mulch

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Warm spring, and almost, summer days mean more people are ramping up their landscaping. A lot of yard improvements include flower beds, shrubs, and bushes. But first, …

What is in your mulch?

Ahh, the signs of spring! Melting snow and thoughts of getting our homes and backyards ready for summer outdoor life. Yard cleanup and mulching are rituals every spring, but do you know what is in your mulch? Mulch protects your soil by retaining moisture, regulating temperature, and minimizing soil erosion. Unfortunately, it also creates an […]

What Is a Mulch Fire?

Landscape mulches provide a number of benefits. When properly used, mulch is an inexpensive way to add beauty, texture and color to the environment. Mulch also keeps weeds in check, conserves water, controls dust and enriches the soil as it decomposes. Highly flammable mulches present a significant fire danger.

Gardening and Rubber Mulch for Mental Health?

I just read a great article in American Nurseryman magazine by the editor Sally Benson who was paraphrasing a radio program she heard recently. The discussion revolved around the fact that our daily lives are immersed in rigid geometric shapes….from the TV, cellphone, computer screen, rooms in our homes, offices, SUV’s, etc. Seems like everything around us is just another box<br>Stress Relief<br>I believe that…

How to Mulch a Flower Bed

Feed and protect your flowerbeds with the right mulch.

A Greenhouse in Mohall is More Than Just a Greenhouse

Ever wanted to have a picnic without eating outside?