Often underrated, there are many brilliant ideas for landscaping with wood chips. Affordable, sustainable and easy to source, this amazing waste product of the timber industry is an attractive and ...

Q: I have used wood chips from tree cutting services for some time under oaks and places grass will not grow with great success. I’m now wondering if I can use them in the flowerbeds versus using pine ...

Both pine straw or wood mulch make an excellent mulch for your garden depending on the situation. Here's how to decide when ...

Black, brown, red, cypress, hardwood, pine, bark, nuggets, needles, stones – many options of mulch are available to a homeowner or a landscaper today. Such a cornucopia may make it difficult to choose ...

Landscaping trends come and go, but bold and bright colors seem to be a mainstay. There's a new alternative to this trend, ...

The main reason to use ChipDrop is that it’s free, or at least insanely discounted. For comparison, buying one cubic yard of uncolored hardwood mulch in bulk costs about $28, depending on where you ...

This is the last in a series of articles featuring topics covered in Linda Chalker-Scott’s book, “The Informed Gardener.” All of her science-based information was initially intended for the use of ...

Q: I want to cover a 30-by-100-foot garden in wood chips because it is on a slope, and the soil drains so fast that it has lost a lot of its nutrients. Where can I get free wood chips? — Merle Need, ...

If you live on a property lined with trees, then you’re probably used to having branches drop onto your lawn all year round–especially in the spring and fall. Getting rid of them will always be a ...

The streets in my neighborhood are dotted with piles of wood chips every few houses, as everyone prepares for “the wintering.” Me, too—I always try to make sure I get a Chip Drop this time of year; ...