Arbor Day is the last Friday in April in Indiana, a date strategically chosen to be right in the middle of one the best time periods all year to plant a tree in Indiana. Fall is also a good time. As ...
Purdue Landscape Report: It’s that wonderful time of year again where temps are rising, life is coming back into the landscape, and people are thinking about how to improve the urban canopy around ...
While a fall application of mulch can be beneficial to plants, we have seen a growing trend of piling mulch much deeper than ...
The smell of spring is in the air in Greater Columbus — not the smell of hyacinths or daffodils, but the smell of freshly applied hardwood mulch around trees and shrubs and other perennial plants.
Really ...? We’re having this conversation again? I thought we had covered this in sufficient detail last year, and the year before, and the year before that. Well ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS – A critical sign of health ...
I always add mulch to my trees to help retain moisture, but according to landscaping experts, I’ve been doing it all wrong. Instead of promoting growth, it’s causing them harm. While mulching in ...
Christopher from Switzerland is concerned about his heirloom tomatoes not bearing many flowers. Mike explains that many varieties of heirlooms benefit from a long, warm growing season, something that ...
Don’t mulch trees like this. Mulching offers significant benefits, but a layer should be only 2 to 3 inches deep and pulled away from the tree trunk. Gary Bachman MSU Extension Service Driving around ...
Despite the cloudy skies and rain, downtown Lancaster became a bit brighter Sunday morning. More than 60 volunteers from LEADS - Lancaster's Economic Action for Downtown's Success - rose early to hang ...
but those big mulch volcanoes will kill your trees dead. Really ...? We’re having this conversation again? I thought we had covered this in sufficient detail last year, and the year before, and the ...