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. We are taking down several trees on our property I would like to chip up the branches to make mulch for our gardens. I read that freshly ground wood chips steal nitrogen from the soil. Is this true ...

My bean, squash, cucumber and pepper plants are stunted and yellow in color. We cut down a huge maple tree and tilled all the wood chips from the cuttings into the garden to improve the soil this ...

In this week's Ask the Gardener, we also tackle the thorny question of pruning hydrangeas. And if you've got a 'Live Forever' plant, we've got some tips to help that live up to its name. The ...

Have you ever thought about adding a pond, waterfall, or water feature to your yard? Water adds soothing sound and visuals, particularly earning its keep by making a yard “feel” cooler during the oven ...

Twenty years ago, I heard that you shouldn't use wood chips as a mulch because they tie up nitrogen in the soil as they decompose, preventing the plants from using it. Ten years ago I heard that it is ...

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Japanese gardens are popular for their orderly, meditative layouts and subdued palettes. Add this native Japanese flowering ...

I have a pile of fresh camphor wood chips. Are camphor wood chips safe to use in my garden? Is it OK to use fresh cut wood chips, camphor or other types, around my yard? I normally don't address two ...

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, ...

Q: I saw on your website your method of decomposing a pile of wood chips using fertilizer. Why do you suggest 10-10-10 instead of something with a higher nitrogen ratio like 32-0-0 or 34-0-0? I have a ...