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 ...

Q: I recently planted two vines in my backyard: a Lady Banks rose and a tangerine crossvine. I got the amended soil at Viragrow and the wood chip mulch at the demonstration orchard as you suggested.

With so many choices available at garden centers, how do you choose the best mulch material for your vegetable garden? Wood chips or pine bark? Or perhaps a synthetic material that will help trap ...

Jake Van Yahres from ReLeaf Cville and Van Yahres Tree Company shares the results of an experiment to see how soil is affected differently when covered with wood chips versus traditional store bought ...

In a recent column, I proposed mulches composed of living plants as an environmentally-friendly alternative for suppressing weeds, enhancing garden plant growth and nurturing the soil. I suspect, ...

Mother Nature always knows what is best. In this case I am referring to using fresh wood chips as an effective and inexpensive way to lay mulch throughout your garden. Wood chips are freshly chipped ...

Regarding the letter from David Caul, “Using wood chips for weed suppression is a bad practice”, I cannot let that go by without comment. Using chip mulch for weed suppression is a good practice, when ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Every gardener knows that heart-sinking feeling when a cold snap hits and you wake up to find your once-thriving shrubs and young trees coated in frost. Frost damage can turn lush green growth into ...