Mulch backyard - Mulching is an environmentally responsible alternative to burning, dumping or throwing yard waste. When applied properly, can enrich and isolate mulched garden plants and helps prevent water from evaporating. Mulch also helps control weeds and eliminates the need to mow the lawn around the plants. Common garden waste such as leaves, grass and plant clippings, pine needles, bark, branches and compost can be recycled into beneficial mulch. Put on work gloves to protect your hands from splinters and prevent contamination. Fill a wheelbarrow with your choice of mulch for easy transport. Transfer from the truck for your target area with a garden shovel mulch or hands.
Once you have the proper amount of mulch backyard, use a rake, garden fork or your hands to spread it evenly. Use a rake to spread mulch over larger areas, such as larger trees around, and use a garden fork or your hands to spread mulch around the smaller and delicate as flowers areas. Mulch around individual trees, leaving a 2-inch space around the trunk to allow air circulation. Apply a ring diameter of 2 meters Mulch per 1 inch of trunk diameter to cover the entire root zone. Mulch under the branches of the new plants, and individuals, leaving a gap of 1 to 2 inches around the stem. Mulch can be added at any time, but many choose to add that before the first frost to isolate plants.
Apply woody mulch such as bark and twigs only 2 or 3 inches thick to avoid smothering plants. Apply flat mulch backyard, such as leaves or grass clippings only 2 inches thick so that air and water can have access to land. Thick hedges, such as pine needles, can be layered up to 4 inches thick. Apply a thin layer of fresh or commercial mulch on garden clippings to cool coloring mulch or give options homegrown a more finished look. Use the same techniques originally used to apply mulch. Replace mulch when the old mulch decomposes.
