That Mulch Really Ties the Yard Together

Summer is almost over. Your flowers are no longer looking their best. Annuals are dead, and perennials are no longer blooming.

The parts of your landscape you hadn’t been paying much attention to are suddenly in the spotlight. Shrubs, the supporting players that stood by patiently during the warmer months, are finally center stage. Have you scheduled your shrub trimming for their big moment?

Today Divine explains the importance of trimming your shrubs.

Lotta Pros, Lotta Benefits, Lotta What Have Yous

It comes in many colors, textures, and varieties, and its uses for your yard are even more numerous. Low maintenance and high return; it’s difficult to say everything we love about mulching, but we’re here to try it.

Careful Man, There’s a Flower Present

Hot or cold, either way, your plants need protection. And mulching your yard gardens creates the insulation your flowers and shrubs need. In the summer, it protects your delicate buds from burning, and in the winter, it keeps the roots from freezing so your perennials can come back strong next year.

The Weed Aggression Will Not Stand

Weeds are always looking to move in on your garden and lawn space. Everywhere you grow what you want, weeds want to follow. While weed killing and removal is a tool in the arsenal, the best way to handle weeds is to make the habitat inhospitable to them in the first place.

The best way to make weeds unwelcome is by crowding them out. One way to crowd weeds is by planting healthy plants that don’t leave room for weeds. The other way is by mulching your gardens, so that weed seeds don’t get light and soil to call home.

Some weeds may still survive, but with a nice bed of wood chips or other material, you can spot them more quickly and pull them up before they get established, creating an additional ancillary benefit!

Hey, Nice Varmint

Certain wood varieties, such as cedar, can also repel pests. When shredded and applied to your garden, you can drastically reduce the predators that want to eat your flowers and veggies. Even rough or sharp textures can obstruct slugs and other creatures you wish to repel.

The Mulch Abides

When you use organic mulch, you are using plant matter. Organic is the type that we employ in most gardens. The main benefit of using plant matter around your garden is that it’s also suitable for it.

When untreated, organic varieties can be used even in vegetable gardens. And as it deteriorates, it feeds the soil.

Of course, using manufactured materials has benefits as well. For example, polished glass, plastic, and tires all have their place in landscaping and have the benefit of having no expiration date. While they don’t feed the soil, they require little upkeep and are especially valuable in playground applications.

The Aesthetic Is Not The Issue

Of course, there’s another more obvious reason that mulching improves your landscape. It’s pretty! The island of dark or light contrast in the middle of a verdant green lawn stuns even before the flowers bloom.

In fact, sometimes, the only color you have in your yard during the fall and winter is the dyed or natural wood surrounding your previously blooming garden. But because of the sheer variety available, mulching itself can be all the decor that you need.

What Color? That’s Just Like Your Opinion Man

With so many choices, there’s no reason you can’t find the right color and texture for your particular yard. Do you want a natural look? Do you need something you don’t have to replace?

Those questions can be relevant to what you choose. But you may also want to consider color. What will blend with your flowers? What matches your home?

Or do you prefer something that stands out rather than blends?

We’re In Our Element

Mulching is one of our favorite landscaping tasks. You put it down, and your yard is instantly improved!

Of course, there are still choices to make and methodology to consider. Depth and variety can have an effect on your plant life. It helps to have a company like Divine to help you make the best choices for your gardens and yard.

The pros can also monitor when you need to add more mulch to keep your landscape safe and beautiful. Of course, you can always study, practice, and become a professional landscaper yourself if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.