Mulch makes beds look polished and helps plants thrive, but when you push it up against your house you can invite moisture, ...

What is slime mold and what should you do about it? originally appeared on Dengarden. If you’ve recently made the (mildly horrifying) discovery of a slimy growth in your mulch that looks like ...

If your flower beds look great but your porch smells musty after a rain, your mulch might be part of the problem. In warm, humid regions, some mulch stays wet long enough to grow fuzzy patches and ...

When you open a new bag of wood mulch, you may notice thin white threads or a powdery white coating growing in it. The same thin white threads can appear in wet mulch in your garden, especially when ...

Eww, what is this on my mulch? When is the Wednesday Market going to open? What is this smelly weed in my garden? Those are questions in a typical week in the daily life of an Extension Agent. I had ...

Many homeowners utilize organic mulches in their home landscape. However, after a while, if not maintained or refreshed, mysterious things can begin to appear in mulched areas. Before we explore the ...

Spotting a strange white foamy-looking blob in your mulch might have you on alert. It could look similar to insulation foam, spilled paint, scrambled eggs, or even something that crawled out of a ...