by staff writer | Sep 24, 2025 | How Safe Is Your Landscape Mulch?
Should bags of mulch be require to have a warning label if they contain harmful chemicals? Would you still purchase a bag of mulch if it had such warning label? Apply it to your yard, where your children and pets play? Eventually these harmful toxins go into our...
by staff writer | Sep 17, 2025 | Sustainable Landscape Mulch
If you’ve ever walked down the mulch isle in a big box store, you know there are many mulches to choose from. Black mulch, brown mulch, red mulch, playground mulch, chocolate mulch, and different sizes of pine bark mulch. It can be difficult to choose the right mulch...
by staff writer | Sep 9, 2025 | Arsenic in Mulch?
Recently, there has been some questions about hazardous chemicals and toxins in landscape and garden mulch. Chemicals, such as chromate copper arsenate (CCA) from treated wood, creosote from recycled wood, and methane gas from mulch that hasn’t been stored...
by staff writer | Sep 1, 2025 | Mulch Types
How important is the type of landscape mulch you use? While many people don’t really think about where their mulch comes from, it can make all the difference. The last thing you want is to bring home mulch that is full of toxin, hazardous chemicals, fungal...
by staff writer | Aug 24, 2025 | Mulch & Soil
If you are looking for quality mulch and soil at a great price in Central Florida, Reliable Peat is here to help. We are family owned and operated, serving the horticulture industry since 1982. We are Florida’s premier custom blended soil manufacturer and members of ...
