Switching up your yard usually means ripping up the grass, tilling, and fertilizing the soil to prep for new vegetation, but why not just cover it up? Sheet mulching uses a simple form of composting ...

Are you ready to reduce water consumption by removing your lawn? Fortunately, this doesn”t have to be an expensive, back-breaking, or toxic undertaking. Sheet mulching, also known as sheet composting, ...

Using cardboard in the garden may sound unconventional, but this simple material has emerged as a powerhouse resource for home gardeners. From suppressing weeds to enhancing soil health, cardboard is ...

Cold, wet weather brings opportunities to sit in front of a warm fire. But if you get out now to do some sheet composting, you'll be smothering weeds, feeding the soil, attracting garden worms and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you spend a lot of time in your yard, you’ll know firsthand how important and meaningful it is to take care of the outdoors.

One of our roles as Master Gardeners is to answer gardening questions from local residents. Since watering restrictions have been in place, one of the questions I frequently get asked is how to remove ...

Horticulturist Daniel Cunningham plants a Vitex (Texas lilac) after creating a new flower bed by using sheet mulching at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Dallas. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer ...

Cardboard usually leaves the house folded and flattened, bound for a recycling bin. In winter gardens, it has taken on a quieter role as a surface cover laid directly onto soil once crops are cleared.

Hurricane Hermine left us with lots of yard trash. But it’s not all bad. This presents a good opportunity to obtain lots of relatively clean and chemical free mulch for your yard and garden. Wood ...