Strawberries are a summertime favorite, but growing them efficiently and sustainably can be tricky. At Tenth Street Orchard, ...

Do You Need to Mulch Every Year? No, you don’t have to mulch every year, but doing so can benefit your garden. Choosing to mulch isn’t a one-size-fits-all task and depends upon several factors.

Most gardeners who use straw mulch used it for controlling weeds. With a deep enough application of straw most weeds can be prevented from growing. If you plan to use straw as your sole weed ...

Then, all you need to do is spread a thin and loose layer of straw mulch beneath the strawberries but leave a little space around the base of the plant.

Before it gained popularity as mulch, pine straw was used in roads, seen here in DeLand circa 1900. The needles were lightweight, easy to transport and formed tight meshes, minimizing erosion.

Hundreds of straw bales have been arranged in a maze layout, like last year's event (pictured) Four sisters have created a children's playground and maze at their Oxfordshire farm using 300 bales ...

Pine straw remains loose and friable and does not form a top crust like grass clippings, leaves, and some other mulches. This looser mulch allows water to infiltrate readily into the soil for ...

A living mulch based on the perennial crop lucerne is allowing Danish farmer and agronomist Frederik Larsen to harvest more sunlight and produce two crops ...