Often underrated, there are many brilliant ideas for landscaping with wood chips. Affordable, sustainable and easy to source, this amazing waste product of the timber industry is an attractive and ...

In this informative video, learn how I prepare my vegetable garden beds using wood chip for sustainable and effective gardening. Discover step-by-step methods for improving soil health and promoting ...

Black, brown, red, cypress, hardwood, pine, bark, nuggets, needles, stones – many options of mulch are available to a homeowner or a landscaper today. Such a cornucopia may make it difficult to choose ...

Q: I have used wood chips from tree cutting services for some time under oaks and places grass will not grow with great success. I’m now wondering if I can use them in the flowerbeds versus using pine ...

Q: We have a large pile of wood chips after running prunings through the chipper/shredder - mostly ornamental pear and apple branches, various twigs and some pine-tree cuttings. How long before we can ...

Both pine straw or wood mulch make an excellent mulch for your garden depending on the situation. Here's how to decide when ...

Q. We are taking down several trees on our property I would like to chip up the branches to make mulch for our gardens. I read that freshly ground wood chips steal nitrogen from the soil. Is this true ...

This is the last in a series of articles featuring topics covered in Linda Chalker-Scott’s book, “The Informed Gardener.” All of her science-based information was initially intended for the use of ...

Q: I want to cover a 30-by-100-foot garden in wood chips because it is on a slope, and the soil drains so fast that it has lost a lot of its nutrients. Where can I get free wood chips? — Merle Need, ...