For the last few years I have been buying my black plastic mulch from the big box stores. I usually buy the 3′x50′  6 mil roll and then would drape them across the rows. This has worked well for water retention and weed control. I am a big fan of black plastic for your mulch. [...]

Anyone who hates gardening because of all the weeding probably doesn’t use mulch. Last year I hardly ever had to weed because I use mulch wherever possible. If for only this reason I would mulch, however, there are many more benefits to mulching your garden. Go to the USU extension fact sheet on mulching for [...]

I want to show you what system I use in my garden for irrigation and why I think it is the best around. Before that, I want to mention that drip systems that you buy in stores are worthless, in my opinion, because the ones with just the holes in the tubes are cheaper, but [...]