Before you start mulching around your trees and shrubs and in flower beds this spring, check out our tips for how to mulch properly.

Even a 6-inch-wide mulched saucer will help protect tree trunks from serious damage. Do not mound mulch or soil around trunks because it is unattractive and can cause rotting at the base of the tree.

Twenty years ago a tree surrounded by wood chips was rare indeed. Today the practice is commonplace, for a number of very good reasons: Replacing grass around a tree with mulch allows the tree ...

QUESTION: I have a maple tree in my backyard. My gardener cut the grass growing around it too low, and the grass died. Can I put pine needles around the ...