A single straw harvest removes between five and 60 pounds of nitrogen per acre and between 0.5 and five pounds of phosphorus ...

Mulch is one of the simplest yet most effective ways to enhance your garden’s health and appearance. It helps retain mo ...

Generally, you'll apply mulch 2 to 3 inches deep, with the exception of grass clippings, which you should keep to a depth of ...

Using mulch around trees and landscape plantings ... where it will be less likely to blow or wash away. Like straw, pine needles can be a great choice for strawberries and other plants that ...

The Louisiana State University AgCenter suggests taking these steps to protect plants: To prepare plants for a freeze, ...

Never fertilize them and, as a bonus, they do shed a lot of needles which, going by the name of pine straw, are useful as ...

mulch them with a loose, dry material such as pine straw or leaves. Mulches also may be used to completely cover low-growing plants to a depth of 4 to 6 inches. Do not leave a complete cover of ...

The trees along all the major parade routes get swamped with beads during Mardi Gras. Many of the beads stay in the trees for ...

Never fertilize them and, as a bonus, they do shed a lot of needles which, going by the name of pine straw, are useful as mulch. Correction: Last week’s column misspelled the website address of ...