Columnist Joyce Bupp nicked her finger while mulching her garden with cardboard, a common task in gardening, but this time, ...

Gardeners love a good hack, and few things feel as satisfying as discovering that something sitting in your recycling bin might just revolutionize your backyard. Cardboard mulch has become one of ...

Cardboard mulch has emerged as a popular, eco-friendly gardening technique, especially among those looking to reduce waste and improve soil health. However, if not applied correctly, it can lead to ...

Have extra cardboard boxes from online shopping? Don’t throw them away. You can reuse them in your garden or yard as a low-cost way to stop weeds and enrich your soil. Using cardboard as a weed ...

Sheet mulching with cardboard is the secret to fewer weeds and fuss-free plant-bed prep. Don’t ditch those cardboard boxes; instead, put them to use in your garden, smothering out weeds, creating ...

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 ...

Placing landscape fabric under mulch can have some serious downsides.

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 ...

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

Don’t ditch those cardboard boxes; instead, put them to use in your garden, smothering out weeds, creating perfectly prepared soil, and composting in the process. “Using cardboard is a sustainable ...