When choosing the best type of mulch for your garden, you have a wealth of organic and inorganic products that you can select ...

For more than 20 years, we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed red wood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have ...

Whether you use pine straw, bark or some other material, most types of mulch are natural — so they decompose over time and must be replenished regularly to be most effective and look their best.

A layer of mulch about 3 to 4 inches thick is best. Good organic mulches include wood or bark chips, shredded bark, pine straw, evergreen boughs, clean straw or ground corncobs. Ideally ...

There are two basic types of mulch - organic and inorganic. Organic mulches include straw, pine needles, wood chips and bark, shredded leaves, and layers of newspaper. Landscape cloth, black ...