Rolls of it, five feet wide and 4,000 feet long, sit on a machine that my father and I cordially call the plastic layer. From the back of a tractor, it feeds out the mulch over a perfectly raised ...

Mulch is supposed to make your garden look polished and well-kept, but if you’ve ever ended up with a chaotic, patchy mess, ...

Professional landscapers and home gardeners alike are accustomed to laying it down underneath a mulch layer to create a tidy, weed-free garden bed. The woven plastic fabric is usually said to be ...