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 ...

A big part of gardening is finding solutions to plant-related challenges. I found myself in that position, faced with a hillside yard too steep to mow safely and too large to easily dig up and replant ...

The happy-hour talk will highlight the benefits of sheet mulching. If you missed the Native Plant Society’s big sale last weekend, don’t despair. There’s another chance to stock up on great ...

I was lucky enough to buy a small Napa house in 2008. Trees, shrubs and a lawn dominated the large backyard. Mowing the lawn took a long time due to the rocky terrain and poor shape of the lawn. Not ...

Peter Richards plants vegetables in sheet mulch, and Joellen Dimond plants a container herb garden. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, local gardener Peter Richards shows how to ...

Join the Sonoma County Masters Gardeners on Sunday, June 29, at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 South High St., Fireside Room, to learn how to use cardboard and mulch to control weeds, build ...

A rose by any other name may still be a rose, but mulches need defining. There are 17 different materials considered on the University of California’s Statewide Integrated Pest Management website, and ...