Put lawn waste to work as mulch.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. grass box from a lawn mower filled with grass clippings Mulching a lawn with grass clippings might not have crossed your mind ...

Making your own mulch from organic materials like pine needles, dried leaves, and grass clippings are easy and ...

If mowing, collecting, and discarding the clippings afterwards is your routine, it’s time to change your lawn care practices.

Erik Egan spreads grass mulch over the roots of freshly planted bamboo shoots. Really fresh grass clippings will rob plants of needed nutrients as they quickly decompose. Jay Drowns McClatchy Question ...

Do ground-up trees make a good mulch? Here’s a recycling avenue for today’s Earth Day that you might not know about – using ground-up, locally felled trees as landscape mulch. April is prime time to ...

Q: Can you think of any reason why I shouldn't use the dead grass I just trimmed off of the ornamental grasses to mulch my veggie beds this year? A: I can think of only one argument against -- ...

If you applied an organic fertilizer four to six weeks ago, feed again now. Slow-release nitrogen fertilizer should be applied between mid-April and May 1. Mow with a mulching mower so grass clippings ...

Is it ever right to use your grass clippings as a garden mulch?? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, we’ll bend–but not break–the rules as Mike McGrath looks at the pros and cons of collecting those ...

The next time you mow in a dry spell, stop emptying the grass box. Leaving the clippings on the lawn, a practice called ...

Make your plants healthy and happy (and your life easier) by choosing the best mulch for your landscape. The right mulch will help your plants and trees stay healthy by retaining soil moisture and ...