For more than 20 years, we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed red wood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have ...

Pine bark has the exact pH and moisture retention (blueberries HATE wet, heavy soils), and by adding Holly Tone fertilizer we grew stunning crops of blueberries in our own raised bed planter.

Mini pine bark nuggets make an attractive and effective mulch in the Alfred B. Maclay pollinator garden. I think I’d be hard pressed to find a gardener unaware of mulch, that stuff you put under ...

Uncomposted bark is a brick off the back of the iron. Southeast Regional Bracket Pine straw mulch is easy to spread light weight and good for roots and soil. Here, there are two winners.

Composted pine bark: Hallie Dozier, an associate professor of forestry at the LSU AgCenter, says this is one of her favorite mulches. It’s readily available at any garden center.

Mulch helps retain moisture in the soil, regulate soil temperature, and suppress weeds. Composted hardwood bark is an excellent mulch choice for the Northeast, while pine straw and pine fines are ...

Was that too much? For very light mulch, such as pine straw or needles, I would say 4 inches is not too much. However, for a heavy mulch such as pine bark, 4 inches is probably too much.

Excessive mulch also invites insect and fungal disease problems. Applications of 3 to 6 inches of pine bark or other mulches are recommended for trees and shrubs.

Pine bark has the exact pH and moisture retention (blueberries HATE wet, heavy soils), and by adding Holly Tone fertilizer we grew stunning crops of blueberries in our own raised bed planter.

Mulch is a by-product, very plentiful and cheap if you live close to the source. Shipping is much of the cost of any mulch. Southern Ohio has active hardwood mills, which generate lots of chips ...