Soft Landings: Getting Started with Mulch Alternatives

Host Lisa Schneider standing in front of a blue and green background.

Tired of mulch? Learn to use these wildlife-friendly alternatives in your landscaping, including a trick to put your old cardboard boxes to good use.

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More Year-Round Gardening

An image of herbs planted in a raised garden bed.

Growing Herbs Outdoors

5/22/25 | 4m 18s

The back of a seed packet with a map of the United States highlighted with a yellow rectangle.

Tips for Reading Seed Packets

4/23/24 | 2m 42s

A large red poinsettia flower with the words "Easy tips for poinsettia care" in the top left.

Poinsettia Care

12/18/24 | 3m 31s

A picture of dirty hedge trimmers on a sink counter.

Cleaning Garden Tools

2/3/25 | 4m 30s

A rain cloud above a green lawn, with a man in the foreground explaining lawn irrigation.

How to Water Your Lawn

7/28/23 | 2m 51s

Lisa Schneider from Penn State extension standing before a green and blue background with a hovering photograph of seed catalogs for gardening.

Plan Your Garden with Seed Catalogs

3/29/24 | 4m 3s

Picking the Best Christmas Tree

12/12/23 | 3m 41s

A photograph of a beekeeper spraying smoke on a beehive.

Beekeeping: Getting Started

3/6/25 | 4m 54s

 

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