The health of any houseplant begins with its foundation: the right potting soil mix. According to Yahoo, Sol Soils has the ...

Question for Dan Gill: I have recently started a new garden bed and was advised by a landscaping wholesaler to use a soil and mulch mix. When my fiancé showed up with the mix it resembled mulch more ...

Our in-house master gardener shares her DIY soil mix recipe for a thriving Christmas cactus. Hint: It needs more moisture ...

SELECTING THE RIGHT MULCH: A strictly organic leaf mulch is put down in the backyard in preparation to grow an organic community garden. “Mulch will hold moisture in the soil, especially when it rains ...

Winter gardening is not a silent, sleepy affair. In fact, it’s a full-on, muddy adventure that can make the difference between a thriving spring garden and a patch of regret. The secret to success?

Mulch is so basic to gardening that it’s become a verb. To mulch. It can even be conjugated. I mulch, he mulches, nous mulchons. In fact, mulch is a noun derived from some kind of old German or Middle ...

Now that planting time has arrived for many of our vegetables, I am receiving a great number of questions on soil preparation, amendments and mulches. Some so-called "topsoils," sold in bags or in ...

I have recently started a new garden bed and was advised by a landscaping wholesaler to use a soil and mulch mix. When my fiancé showed up with the mix, it resembled mulch more than soil. He claims ...

Bare soil is a bad thing, so any natural mulch is better than no mulch. Why am I so negative about some mulches and positive about others, especially shredded native tree trimmings? Let’s review the ...