Besides helping your landscape stay beautiful, mulch is a great insulator for your plants, helps retain moisture around their root system, and can also prevent loss of water from the soil evaporation. Mulch also suppresses weed growth and keeps your soil cool in the summer and warm in the winter. It also reduces erosion and…
Here are some general tips for mulch installation that may benefit anyone, regardless of what type of mulch you’re using. Tip 1: Before mulching, your top priority is to clear the area you’re going to mulch of any weeds or grass. This is imperative – if you skip this step, it’s likely that the mulch…
Using mulch in your garden is one of the very best ways to ensure success, especially if you’re growing vegetables. Mulch is inexpensive to use because most mulches are composed of organic materials that you can easily gather yourself, or which don’t cost much to purchase. Wherever you happen to live, city or suburb, north…
Compost and mulch are two of the must-haves for a great garden. They each provide different and important things for your plants throughout the growing season, keeping your garden going strong. Compost: A Nutrient Powerhouse Compost refers to organic matter that has decomposed over time. There are lots of different composting methods, but the most…
It would sound like a negative thing to hear someone say that his or her garden needed more microorganisms living in the soil, but beneficial microbes are something that could help any garden come to life. The reason being is that beneficial microbes are responsible for something called soil aggregation. And, for those of you…
Compost is great for your vegetable garden, and companies like Rocky Mountain Compost are ready to supply you. But did you know that you can supplement your compost needs at home? We all need to recycle more, and that’s essentially what composting at home would be: recycling organic waste to enrich garden soil for the…
At one time or another, most of us have purchased hazardous items, chemicals or cleaning agents, which can be harmful to our environment, people and animals. When using these products, take care to follow instructions for their use, and learn about safe disposal methods to prevent accidents or contamination to the environment. Household Cleaners Many…
Most people associate the word recycling with plastics, glass and paper products, but in fact, you can also recycle many organic materials into compost. Compost, a rich soil, can be made by mixing plant materials and assorted manures together to slowly decay over time. After about six to nine months, the materials decay to form…
The amount of compostable materials we toss in the garbage and fill the landfills with every year is enormous. Thankfully, more and more people are learning about organic recycling and how everyone can benefit. Rather than filling up our landfills with precious organic materials, you may be able to take advantage of new city services,…
The amount of compostable materials we toss in the garbage and fill the landfills with every year is enormous. Thankfully, more and more people are learning about organic recycling and how everyone can benefit. Rather than filling up our landfills with precious organic materials, you may be able to take advantage of new city services,…