Learn how to use wood chips effectively, control garden pests with trap cropping, and simplify composting with trench methods ...

Wood chips are an easy and affordable way to give your garden a boost. They're commonly used as mulch to suppress weeds, improve water retention, and reduce soil erosion. Beyond mulch, wood chips can ...

Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me as he conducts a thorough experiment on composting hardwood wood chips in a tumbler ...

Unsupported opinions say: Fresh wood chips from live trees leach nitrogen from the soil and must be accompanied by soil amendments when used on plantings; and fresh wood chips should be composted ...

In this week's Ask the Gardener, we also tackle the thorny question of pruning hydrangeas. And if you've got a 'Live Forever' plant, we've got some tips to help that live up to its name. The ...

A pile of wood chips will break down over time and become compost, among other things. Last year I piled extra mulch into knee-high piles around my shed and near my garden. The heat, rain, worms and ...

The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...