Description: Is woodchip mulch good or bad for fruit trees and vegetable gardens? This video gives my opinion and awesome ...

Mice love a cozy, hidden spot, and a thick mulch layer can feel like a five-star winter rental. The good news is you don’t have to ditch mulch to make your beds less inviting. With a few small changes ...

Get outside and check on how your garden beds are doing this winter. Eye-balling the garden will help you determine if you ...

When Will Poulter's agents sent him the script for "Union County" and writer-director Adam Meeks' accompanying 2020 short ...

Gro-Low sumac (Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low’) is a selection of a fragrant sumac, made by Synnestvedt Nursery in Illinois. This plant reaches 2 to 3 feet tall and spreads to 8 feet wide. It can grow in ...

Snow cover provides a heavy blanket of winter mulch that insulates the soil, prevents heat from escaping and keeps soil ...

"A good rule of thumb is if you can fit a pencil into a crack, hole or opening, a mouse can get through it. The mice might not fit through a pencil hole, but their nose and mouth can quickly widen the ...

It’s always useful to keep in mind that when we buy a certain variety of fruit tree we are the beneficiaries of clonal propagation; that is, the fruit we harvest is coming from canopy growth (called a ...

Mulch helps suppress weeds, keeps soil moist, and helps regulate soil temperatures. Adding a second layer of mulch after the first frost in the fall will offer plants additional winter protection.

The annual Christmas tree recycling program in northern Illinois is over. Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful, the organizer of ...

When this plant on screen in a movie or TV show, you know it's set in the American Southwest. The fact is, it's an invasive ...

In Louisiana, fall through early spring is the perfect time to plant a host of trees and shrubs — including blueberries.