Mulching, whether organic bark mulch, rocks or stones, it definitely isn’t the most glamorous aspect of landscaping or gardening. But it is essential for healthy plants and an attractive property.
What is mulch?
Organic mulch is made up of naturally occurring organic matter, that helps plants in many ways. Our organic mulch at Reliable Peat is made from shredded hardwood chunks, which allows for great aeration of the soil.
Our organic mulch comes in a variety of sizes and colors to fit the aesthetics of your home.
Why does your garden and landscape need mulch?
Organic mulch improves the aesthetics of your landscape and garden, while improving the overall health of your plants. Mulch provides your plants with a healthy layer of nutrients, which helps them grow strong throughout the year. Mulch also keeps the plant roots cool in the hot months and warm in the cold months.
Use Quality Mulch
It is very important to use quality mulch. Purchasing mulch from an unreliable source can cause all your hard work to go to waste. For instance, if the bag of mulch you purchased at the big box store had noxious seeds, toxins, or hazardous waste, you could be spending the rest of the season pulling weeds and trying to repair the damages instead of admiring your beautiful landscape.
How to use mulch
Save money on pest control. Mulch can make your landscape and garden more resistant to diseases and pests by adding organic matter to the soil.
Save time and money by not watering as much. Mulch retains moisture and prevents evaporation Research shows mulch can actually retain 70% more water than soil that has not been mulched.
Save money on fertilizers. Organic mulch slowly releases valuable nutrients.
Protects young, delicate plants from the excessive sunlight.
Save time, money and help the environment by not applying chemicals to kill the weeds. Mulch also blocks sunlight, so weeds can’t grow.
Mulch can make your landscape and garden visually appealing!
Improves soil drainage and prevents erosion, it also helps to bind sandy soil.
Prevents valuable nutrients from leaching out of the soil.
Mulch insulates the soil, which means it keeps the plant roots cool during our extremely hot summers and warm during the winter months.
Organic mulch breaks down and provides plants with micro-organisms and supplies food for earthworms.
Mulch is also easy on the budget if you take advantage of Reliable Peat’s mulch sale, save 10% on bulk order over 6 Yards, just mention this blog before you check out! Contact Reliable Peat for more information.
