Flush with cardboard, the author adopts the common practice of using it as a mulching medium. Is cardboard mulch toxic? Recent research shows PFAS can accumulate in crop vegetables. A simple home test ...

A hand pulls a weed from gravel - Catlane/Getty Images If you're an avid gardener, you have likely heard every trick in the book to control weeds, and you've also probably learned that there is no ...

The author’s garden midway through the growing season, full of vegetables and pest-repelling flowers. How long does cardboard take to decompose? Find answers to using a cardboard weed barrier in your ...

Cardboard is biodegradable and safe to compost, but it can only be recycled a limited number of times before it becomes too degraded to be remade into new paper products. However, cardboard has ...