Mulching Job by Yard Solutions

Now’s a good time to get beds and the yard cleaned up of sticks and leaves, get bushes trimmed, and freshen up beds with mulch prior to the growing season this spring.  Give us a call if you need recommendations or help with projects like this.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Mulching in Amherst County

June 2013

All About Mulch

 

 

When and how often do I mulch? What do I mulch with? How much do I use? Why do I mulch? What are the benefits or disadvantages of using a particular one?

A very good article by the RI Coop Extension will give you lots of tips, such as... 

 

Kinds of mulch: (Organic) Peat, Wood chips, Shredded wood, straw, Lawn clippings, Leaves, Pine needles, Coca bean hulls. (Inorganic) Plastic, Lava or crushed rock, Newspaper, Landscape fabric.

 

Benefits of a Mulch:

• Conserves soil moisture
• Moderates soil temperature by insulating the soil surface
• Reduces soil compaction caused by equipment and people
• Reduces soil erosion from wind or water
• Slowly increases soil fertility through decomposition (organic mulches only)
• Reduces incidence of disease by protecting above-ground plant parts from splashes that carry soil-borne inoculum
• Reduces fruit rot by eliminating contact between fruit and soil
• Reduces winter injury by minimizing temperature variation, reducing water loss in plants and decreasing heaving of plant crowns and roots
• Aids weed control

 

 

As you can see, there are many benefits of mulching. Not only does it make your landscaping and lawn look great, it is beneficial to your plants and lawn.  Contact us today and we can provide your mulching solution for your garden and lawncare!

Mulching at Sugarmill

The three person crew at Yard Solutions had a wonderful five hour mulching job at a residence in the Sugarmill Community in Amherst, VA. The customer was happy, and we were happy to have done a job well done!

 

{For more pics and videos on this project, you can visit our picture gallery

and youtube Channel here!}