You would be surprised what a layer of organic mulch can do to your landscape and garden. Organic mulch is an eco-friendly and sustainable trend to redefine your outdoor area. Mulch prevents erosion, shades plant’s roots from our intense heat, keeps moisture in the soil, and keeps the soil healthy and rich by decomposing and leaving vital nutrients in the soil, available for the plants and feeding the microbes.
Before you apply mulch, what should you know?
There are very few things that are better for your plants than mulch. But not all mulch is the same.
“What’s in your mulch? Consumers concerned about what might be in their mulch, especially when it comes to hazardous materials such as the chemicals used for treating wood, now have a valuable resource.” Growing a Greener World.
“Did you ever think about that organic garden of yours just might be topped off with a nice thick layer of arsenic or chromated copper arsenate (CCA for short) or any one of many not-so-organic chemicals. The potential health risks are sobering and beyond the scope of this mention.”
Bulk mulch from Reliable Peat offers the best quality, a premium not often found in bag mulch from big box stores. If you have any doubts, just look at the mulch itself. When you walk up to a pile of bulk mulch you can clearly physically see and even smell the quality. While bag mulch is a different story. It is hiding behind labels and logos. Often times it is wet and moldy, or even a different color than you were expecting.
Cost is another reason for purchasing mulch in bulk. if you do the math, you would find the cost of bagged mulch is almost double that of bulk. And in some cases it cost even more!! Depending on the size of your project, the savings can really add up.
Let’s face it, all those bags typically end up in the landfill. If your project needs 5 yards of mulch, that would be 70 bags! Going to the store and lugging all those bags into your car, then from your car to the location of your project, then open the bags and dumping them in the right spot. Have it delivered and you can save even more time!
