“I found an odd-looking substance in my mulched beds next to a boxwood last week. This garden bed was replanted a few weeks ago and mulched with shredded bark. At first, I thought my dog had been sick ...

Q: After the recent rain showers which I am so happy to receive, there is a strange pinkish-orange slime in my garden which looks unsettlingly like my dog couldn’t keep his meal down. It’s pretty ...

What is slime mold and what should you do about it? originally appeared on Dengarden. If you’ve recently made the (mildly horrifying) discovery of a slimy growth in your mulch that looks like ...

There is nothing wrong with your tree that I can see from looking at the photo. The mass on the ground in the photo looks like dog vomit slime mold that is starting to dry up. Slime molds, of which ...

Have you ever noticed something bright yellow or orange on your bark mulch after a rain? You may notice that this blob actually has moved across the mulch over the course of a few days. This is a ...

From the top of the mountain a faint trail, probably a game trail maintained by deer, led down the north-facing slope to a shady, moist area. Several blackened logs, probably from an unsanctioned ...

Question: I found this “thing” under my Joshua tree this morning. It is about 6 inches long. Is it mold? I water only three times a week for five minutes. I get pictures of these things once or twice ...

It can move. It can multiply. It can survive assault from gardening tools. Sometimes it pulses like a slimy heart. You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s extraterrestrial. (In fact, in 1973 a blob of it ...

CORVALLIS – It appears overnight and looks like a horror-show blob that’s slithered its way into your garden. The gross-looking substance known as slime mold shows up on mulch and lawns, but is ...

Q: After the recent rain showers which I am so happy to receive, there is a strange pinkish-orange slime in my garden which looks unsettlingly like my dog couldn’t keep his meal down. It’s pretty ...