By Ken McEntee Taking inventory at Atlanta-based Oldcastle Lawn & Garden’s 30-plus mulch and soil yards used to require hours of manual measuring with a walking wheel and yard stick, then counting and recounting the collected data. After switching to an image-based measurement system, “They are now able to walk around a stockpile with an iPhone in two to three …

By P.J. Heller Mulch may be the not so secret ingredient when it comes to successful landscaping and plant growth. For nearly 100 years, the benefits of mulch for various applications, such as agriculture and landscaping, have been studied and recognized. While there are numerous types of mulch — including wood chips, stones, straw, cardboard and other paper-based trash, plastic …