Shhh: An Easy Secret To A Lush Beautiful Garden – Mulch
Mulch comes in a variety of formats and has a variety of important uses. If you want to know in detailed about benefits and usage of mulch, visit http://www.toemar.ca/mulch-the-awesome-easy-secret-lush-beautiful-garden/
Mulch comes in a variety of formats and has a variety of important uses. If you want to know in detailed about benefits and usage of mulch, visit http://www.toemar.ca/mulch-the-awesome-easy-secret-lush-beautiful-garden/
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<strong>Shhh</strong>: <strong>An</strong> <strong>Easy</strong> <strong>Secret</strong> <strong>To</strong> A <strong>Lush</strong> <strong>Beautiful</strong><br />
<strong>Garden</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>Mulch</strong><br />
This secret garden ingredient will transform your lawn and garden from burnt<br />
to bountiful<br />
A dry autumn with burnt leaves, as Mississauga experienced last year, results in drought like<br />
conditions for your garden, lawn and trees, come the following spring. So what’s a gardener to<br />
do? <strong>Mulch</strong>.<br />
What Is <strong>Mulch</strong>?<br />
At a most basic definition, mulch is a material that you spread over your lawn and garden to<br />
protect it from the elements.<br />
<strong>Mulch</strong> comes in a variety of formats. Some people use their fallen leaves in the autumn, but if<br />
you want to mulch year round, in garden beds for example, you can get bark mulch, as well as<br />
mulch made from recycled wood, in different colours (red, brown and black) to suit your<br />
landscaping design. In the case of the brown mulch, it is made up of natural pine and cedar so it<br />
not only has a beautiful colour, but also a heady aroma that gardeners favour!<br />
What Is <strong>Mulch</strong> Used For?<br />
<strong>Mulch</strong> has a variety of important uses. It works to keep moisture and nutrients in the soil while at<br />
the same time minimizing soil erosion and preventing weeds from growing. It also breaks down<br />
over time, enriching the soil. Think of it like the layer of leaves that protect a forest floor in the<br />
wild, except your garden has a little help from you (and your local garden centre)!<br />
The weed prevention aspect is an important one for gardeners as a little mulch can go a long way<br />
to saving your back from endless weed pulling. There’s a reason you see it in garden beds on city<br />
/ municipal property. It’s good for the garden but it also saves a lot of money in toil, weeding and<br />
maintaining the beds.<br />
In the fall, a solid layer of mulch is a blanket between your garden and the cold and snow. Roots<br />
of plants, trees and shrubbery are better protected against the elements, by maintaining a more<br />
consistent, moderate temperature below ground. Come spring, it will also prevent soil erosion<br />
from heavy rain showers and run offs.<br />
But if it is a barrier, isn’t it preventing moisture from penetrating? The bigger issue with<br />
moisture protection is evaporation and dew is the biggest culprit. Dew is mostly created by the<br />
condensation of the moisture in the soil, as opposed to the moisture in the air being deposited on<br />
the ground. So a barrier of mulch helps to prevent dew from the soil from forming and ultimately<br />
evaporating.
If you’re looking to grow plants like tomatoes, compost is indispensable, but so is mulch.<br />
<strong>To</strong>matoes are prone to soil-borne diseases and mulching your plants at the right time ensures that<br />
the soil won’t splash up onto the plants, during a rainstorm, for example.<br />
What Is The Difference Between All The Types Of <strong>Mulch</strong>?<br />
People use all sorts of things to mulch their gardens: straw, grass clippings, compost, wood<br />
chips, sawdust and so on. There are merits to all of them, and some downsides to many. Straw,<br />
for example, can attract vermin and may also contain some weed seeds, which really would<br />
defeat the purpose of using it in your garden. Grass clippings are useful to mix in with mulch if<br />
they’re green because while in that stage, they contain plenty of nitrogen and other nutrients. As<br />
the grass breaks down in the soil, those nutrients will be released and be good for your beds.<br />
Wood chips and shredded bark are the ideal forms of mulch, as they don’t come with the<br />
downsides of some of the others and are not only functional but add a lot of beauty to a<br />
gardenscape.<br />
When Should You Apply <strong>Mulch</strong> <strong>To</strong> Your <strong>Garden</strong>?<br />
You can mulch anytime of year: many people do it to beautify their garden beds in the spring and<br />
summer, as well as to minimize weed infestations. It creates a colour infusion or a lovely base<br />
for your grasses and flowers and will enhance everything from garden beds to pool decks.<br />
The critical time of year to mulch that you should not miss however is in the fall, where the<br />
materials provide a blanket for your garden, to safeguard it through the winter months and help<br />
the ground retain the moisture it will need to be lush and full in the spring.<br />
Whether spring or fall, just pile the mulch at the base of trees, plants and shrubs and if you’re<br />
covering a wider area, like a garden bed, make sure that you add a substantial enough layer—two<br />
to four inches ought to do the trick—to be effective in both moisture retention and weed<br />
prevention.<br />
Where to buy your mulch in Mississauga<br />
The good news is that mulch is one of our biggest spring sellers so we keep tons in stock. Come<br />
by the store to place your order, or order from www.gardenbag.ca and we’ll deliver it to you<br />
along with your soil.<br />
If you need advice on mulching, composting or other gardening and landscaping needs, let us<br />
know! We’re happy to answer questions and remember that you needn’t cart your mulch home<br />
with you in the back seat: we deliver!<br />
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