Autumn is the best time to prepare your trees and garden for the spring growing season. It is well known that prepping trees and your lawn for the colder winter months ahead will surely pay off in the spring and summer. If you aren’t quite sure of how to prepare for winter snow, ice, and […]
Mulch plays an important role in keeping your garden healthy all year round. When applied properly, garden mulching helps to preserve moisture and essential nutrients, suppress weed growth, combat the presence of pests/insects, and even reduce the risk of frost-related heaving. Common types of mulch include pine needles, straw, grass clippings, shredded tree bark/wood chips, […]
What is mulch? If you search this question online, the descriptions would refer to mulch as something that helps your plants grow. While this is somewhat right, it’s not completely accurate. Gardeners and landscapers spread mulch to keep the temperature of the soil warm, retain moisture, add nutrients to the soil, suppress weeds, protect plant […]
Mulching your landscape offers a range of benefits that will last all year long – even in the winter months. Knowing how to mulch your yard to prevent weed growth and soil erosion, and retain moisture, as well as when to spread mulch is not complicated. Everyone knows a general time of the year that […]
When Spring arrives, and the smell of fresh mulch is in the air, you might be wondering, what is the purpose of mulch? If you’re looking to spruce up your landscape, a fresh layer of mulch will most certainly accomplish that goal. On top of making your landscape look better, there are many other benefits of […]
