Heading into the warmer months, there a few items to put on the landscape checklist. Adding some mulch to your landscape is an easy way to give it a beautiful, finished appearance. While it’s sure to make your colorful flowers stand out, it’s also a great way to help protect them. Here are a few benefits of mulching.
Mulch Can Save Water And Money
We all like to save money, right? Well, mulch can help you do that. The layer of compost can be used to cover up soil and helps lock in the moisture. During hot months, we tend to use a lot of water that can be lost through evaporation. Having a top layer of mulch can help keep that soil moist while creating an environment where plants can survive and thrive. Thus, saving you water and money.
Mulch Suppresses Weeds
For some of the same reasons mulch saves water, mulch can also suppress those pesky weeds. As many of us know, photosynthesis is a process where sunlight helps plant life grow. Having a layer of topper mulch can block that vital light, preventing weeds from reaching the surface.
Mulch Improves Looks
While weeds can ruin the aesthetics of a planter, mulch can do the opposite. Having a nice dark layer of topper mulch to contrast against the bright flora can be a quick and cost-effective way to increase the value of an old or boring planter. The addition of mulch is a fast and relatively cheap way to increase the looks of a landscape without the hassle of going through a complete redesign of a property.
Helps Fight Erosion
By adding a top layer of mulch to your soil you can prevent 2 different types of erosion. When you lay down mulch you can protect your soil from an excess of water. Mulch has the ability to be very absorbent, helping essential soil and nutrients stay put. Not only does mulch help fight against water erosion, but it also protects against wind, as well. Because mulch is heavier than soil, it’s able to keep soil stay in place during large gusts of wind.
At Mission Landscape, we are the experts in commercial landscape maintenance, tree care, water management, mulch and green waste recycling, landscape architecture, and landscape construction. We serve a multitude of areas in California including Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Sacramento County, and Imperial County.
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