Great time and effort is spent by the city growing the trees worth hundreds of dollars, and then they are just stuck in the ground with wrapped root balls and no soil amendments, and left to die from ...

I've noticed that well intentioned gardeners and landscapers have piled mulch up against the trunk or bark of trees, creating what are called mulch volcanoes. Mulch volcanoes can damage or kill trees, ...

In case you can’t make it to Descanso Gardens free mulch giveaway on Oct. 3, there is still hope. For the past several years I’ve been taking advantage of the city of Los Angeles’ Free Mulch Give-Away ...

I walk several miles each day in Watertown and take special interest in the trees around town. Whenever I pass a pile of wood chips carefully mounded like a small volcano 8 to 10 inches up around a ...

What has become of Bedford? I have been a resident of this community for over 20 years; and I am taking this opportunity to voice my opinion and concern for our immediate environment and its gradual ...

The article on page one, City & Region, yesterday dealt with increased costs for the collection of grass clippings in the Town of Lancaster. This begs the question of why grass clippings are collected ...

Asheville is on the map for tourists to witness the exquisite fall colors that the glorious trees so freely provide, and whichever side of town we visit in fall, the constant noise from leaf blowers ...

As I walk around neighborhoods and even the UNC Asheville campus for that matter, I see many trees with mulch piled as high as 1-2 feet against the base of the tree. These have been named “mulch ...