A pristine driveway and landscape provides a welcoming entry to your home and can be a relatively straightforward way to upgrade your curb appeal. Gravel driveways are particularly cost-effective but ...

Walk into any garden center and you'll see all kinds of mulches lying in bins or on pallets. With so many choices, it's sometimes tough to figure out the right one for your situation. Is gravel better ...

co-owners Mike Smith and Maurice Horn are big fans of quarter-10 gravel. I've never been to the nursery when I didn't see a big hill of it. They use the gravel in garden beds to increase drainage and ...

In the gardening Q-and-A column two weeks ago, you said rock may not be a good choice for flowerbeds. I have been doing a lot of reading about xeric gardening. I would really like to reduce the amount ...

Adding mulch to your garden is invaluable for controlling weeds and keeping the soil moist. While bark chips are probably ...

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 ...

My lilies tilted over, and when I was pulling off dead leaves, I pulled out one by mistake. What’s wrong with the roots? I fertilize and use gravel mulch. Your lilies have root rot. Gravel mulch could ...

Two garden terms you might often see mentioned in these columns are “compost” (decaying organic matter) to enrich our sandy soil and “mulch” (material spread around plants to reduce evaporation, ...

Rocks and mulch are commonly used in landscaping. But one trick to keep those cover options in place could be ineffective, ...

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