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…
Mulches can be used in many different applications—for instance, did you know that mulches are used to make children’s playground safer? Mulch protects the kids playing on playgrounds from scraping injuries, or even softening the blow in a fall from playground equipment. Can you imagine a playground where the entire surface was asphalt or concrete?…