WASHINGTON — The Mt. Vernon Trail is one of the city’s most popular routes for running, walking and cycling, but some people think its improvements could force cyclists onto narrow sections covered ...

Mulch provides a variety of benefits for gardens, including weed control, temperature regulation, and moisture retention. Organic mulches, like compost and wood chips, decompose over time, enriching ...

Ray and Jennifer O’Brien bought their North End home in 2003, just a year before the hurricane onslaught that brought Jeanne and Frances. They didn’t think much of the existing landscape style of turf ...

Forget using newspaper to line the bottom of your bird cage. Instead, use papers to mulch your garden. Put down four or five layers of newsprint around your plants and watch weeds bite the dust. To ...

Mulch is an important component of landscaping that can be equal parts a style statement and one of the best ways to provide nutrients and protection for your plants. In addition to supporting the ...

Great mulches for winter include bark chips, shredded bark, straw, evergreen boughs and other loose, coarse-textured organic materials. (Rick Wetherbee) For many gardeners, mulch is as common place in ...

You've weeded. You've planted. And if you mulched, you've put to use a practical gardening tool no Houston garden should be without. But which mulch is best? Their texture, color and price vary, and ...