Refreshing the bark/mulch in your landscape can really help to clean up the look of your landscape. One question that we often get is how much bark should I add to my landscape? It is often not as much as you think. Once you have an established landscape bed completely finished, all of the bark that is there is still doing the job that it is suppose to. It helps…
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A ring of mulch around a tree provides many benefits. That mulch ring will protect the tree, provide for the tree, and help to create a neat appearance for your lawn and landscape. A mulch ring will help to protect the tree in that the mulch adds a buffer strip between the grass and the trunk of the tree. That is important to help to eliminate damage from things like…
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Composting, it is good for the environment by eliminating waste. Composting is just recycling for your lawn and landscape. You won’t be able to recycle your plastic bottles and glass jars, but you can recycle your grass and plant clippings, leaves, food scraps, and other organic matter. Composting is an excellent way to return nutrients back to the soil. And most of the time, the material used to create compost…
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Which is better for a landscape, mulch or stone? That is a question with no definitive answer. However, we will take a look at some of the pros and cons of each to help you to decide on which you would like for your property, mulch or stone. Stone Pros: Does not need yearly refreshing Comes in a variety of shapes and sizes Helps to slow water and control erosion…
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There are many different options of mulch that you can choose from to use as ground cover in your landscape. But how do you choose what is best for your landscape? Here are a few things to consider when choosing a mulch that will be best for you. There are many colors of mulch to choose from. Natural mulch is the color of the wood that it is made from.…
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