What is mulch? Mulch is a material that is used as a protective covering for soil. Professional gardeners prefer organic mulches, which are often made up of wood chips, bark, straw, cocoa hulls, leaves, and compost mixes, as these decompose, thus improving soil structure and increasing soil fertility. Inorganic mulches, such as gravel, stone chips, […]
Tree and shrub care in summertime Read More »
Shrub care Summer brings its own set of challenges for tree and shrub care. It’s an important time in their annual growth cycle, so you want to take steps to do everything possible to care for them. Water, water & water With most of the country experiencing increasingly hot summers, summer tree and shrub care
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Prepare your trees for fall Fall is a great time to make sure your trees have an extra layer of mulch around them. Remember folks, NO mulch mounds around the tree trunks. You’ll want a volcano look to your mulch leaving 2-3” of space between the trunk of your tree and the start of the