Wood bark has long been used as a mulch material to accomplish those goals. However, there are a number of reasons why you may want to reconsider using wood bark instead of mulch in your garden.

In this project, I turn a bark-covered wood piece into a stunning natural-edge bowl on the lathe. The raw bark adds a rustic touch, making this a truly unique and eye-catching woodturning creation.

Bark’s attractive appearance soon made it a gardening favorite for suppressing weeds and conserving moisture in the soil. The irony, Chalker-Scott said, was that bark actually does these things poorly ...

Nurtures soil with rich decay. Mulch does matter, especially here in the Yakima Valley where we are experiencing hot weather, ...

When I'm called to look at one of these trees, what I want to see is new wood, or "wound wood," growing beneath, or against, the dead bark. Wound wood is what trees grow in areas of damage to try ...

ROLLING — A 95-year-old sawmill business in northeastern Wisconsin can now generate enough power from burning bark and wood chips that it has started selling excess electricity back to the grid ...

Participants at last week’s annual Michigan Society of American Foresters conference in Bellaire discussed how bark and wood-boring beetles can be expected as the next environmental and economic ...