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Marvelous Garden Mulch

May 12, 2017 by Heather Leister

Welcome, Glad you stopped by!

Garden mulch makes a yard look well kept, but there are other excellent reasons why it is good to lay down a layer of this simple garden basic.

Reasons to use mulch in your flower beds

If you give me the choice between spending a Saturday working in the house or working in the yard, I will choose my yard every time. The reason? For me, there is something deeply satisfying in pulling weeds and neatening up flower beds. Yes, I know that the weeds will eventually grow back, but it takes them longer to return than it does the messes in my house. Those will reappear before the day is over!

After I finish weeding my yard, I like to put down fresh mulch. Not only does it make everything look tidy, it’s an important step in taking care of the yard. Mulch provides several key benefits for your yard. If you’ve never put it down before, consider the following benefits that it offers.

Mulch under perennials and stepping stones for a finished look

Image credit: Flickr

Weed control: A layer of mulch on your flower beds and around your trees will prevent weeds from germinating and growing.

Moderates soil temperature: Mulch will help prevent the temperature in your beds from fluctuating between too hot and too cold. It’s a good idea to apply your mulch after the soil has had a chance to warm up.

Retains moisture: Mulch prevents moisture from evaporating out of the soil. This benefits plant roots and leads to healthier growth.

Prevents erosion: Mulch will also prevent soil from eroding when it rains. When it rains the water hits the mulch first and keeps the soil from washing away.

mulch and stepping stones

Image Credit: Pixabay

Adds nutrients to the soil: The definition of mulch is anything that you put down on your soil, but if you choose an organic mulch you will have the benefits of adding nutrients to your soil as your mulch decomposes. Even if you don’t select an organic mulch, the layer will prevent the soil’s nutrients from washing away.

Curb Appeal: Mulch gives your yard a polished look and the choices are endless. I prefer the look of a dark mulch, so we tend to use dark organic mixes that will decompose in our flower beds and around our trees. Other possibilities are rocks, compost, bark, wood chips, landscape fabric, or recycled rubber tires. Whatever you choose, pick something that complements your landscaping and gives your yard a finished look.  Western Gardens has a variety of quality mulch products to recommend.

Light colored mulch for a flower bed

Image credit: Pixabay

Filed Under: Gardening, Tips & How To's, Yard Care Tagged With: flower beds, Mulch, Utah gardening, why use mulch, Yard Care

How to Calculate Mulch

April 2, 2016 by Western Gardens

Welcome!  We’re so glad you’re here!

Are you looking for a simple way to calculate how much mulch to buy for your garden this year?  Then you’ve come to the right place!  

Need mulch for your flower beds, but don't know how much to get? Here's a quick & easy way to figure it out!

We’re making it easy for you to calculate just how much mulch you’ll need to get the correct coverage for your garden.  This simple formula will make it quick and painless for you to figure out how much to buy without the headache of getting way too much or coming up short.

But wait!  Do you really need to worry about mulch?  Can’t you just skip it?

Putting mulch on your garden beds is important for several reasons:  

  1. It provides nutrients to the soil that last year’s plants took  
  2. It helps with weed control (and who doesn’t need that?!)
  3. It reduces soil heat by 10°
  4. It gives your beds a fresh look

To calculate how much mulch you should buy for your garden, we need to use a little bit of math.  Don’t let this scare you!  It’s actually really simple, and we’re going to break it down so you know exactly what numbers you need and what to do with them.  

There are several ways to calculate cubic feet (which is what we’re after), so if you’ve used a different equation that you like better, keep using it!  We’re sharing how we like to do it.  The general equation we use looks like this: (AxD)/324.

Click NEXT to see how to work the equation!

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Filed Under: Gardening, How To Tagged With: Gardening, How To, Mulch, Utah

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