If oxalis is smothering your garden like gravy over biscuits, consider sheet mulching. Or, if you've got a lawn you want to get rid of, or soil that needs enriching, sheet mulch it. With one nearly ...

Late spring 2026 is the critical window to switch from spring cleanup to summer-proofing your yard, and the trend is shifting decisively toward organic, low-cost solutions. By combining cardboard ...

Hurricane Hermine left us with lots of yard trash. But it’s not all bad. This presents a good opportunity to obtain lots of relatively clean and chemical free mulch for your yard and garden. Wood ...

A big part of gardening is finding solutions to plant-related challenges. I found myself in that position, faced with a hillside yard too steep to mow safely and too large to easily dig up and replant ...

You can almost hear it: the crunch of crisping lawns all over L.A., thanks to the ongoing drought and recent restrictions on outdoor watering. It’s no surprise, then, that many Angelenos are thinking ...

Q:I have heard about sheet mulching. How is it done? A: Sheet mulching is a soil amending technique that saves labor, time and water. It also reduces waste materials, weed populations and produces an ...

Switching up your yard usually means ripping up the grass, tilling, and fertilizing the soil to prep for new vegetation, but why not just cover it up? Sheet mulching uses a simple form of composting ...

Sheet mulching is a useful technique for getting rid of weeds in large areas of your garden. It’s cheap, effective and is a way to kill weeds without using herbicides. Using newspaper or cardboard as ...

WHEN LEAVES BEGIN to drop in the fall, astute gardeners take time to improve the soil in their gardens by sheet mulching. Sheet mulching, also known as lasagna gardening, is an organic, layering ...