Kids’ Valley Garden

Bark

  • Bark comes in many different sizes and types. The most common is ‘chipped cedar’ and ‘spruce bark’ which has a nice reddish-brown colour.
  • They are slow to rot and very attractive when used in the gardens, around shrubs and trees or in container gardens.
  • If you surround the base of trees and shrubs with bark mulch it’s easier to mow if you raise the blade of the lawn mower high enough to pass right over it while cutting the grass.
  • Bark will trap moisture in thesoilbelow and prevent weeds from sprouting by cutting off the light that reaches the soil.
  • It enables air to circulate around the roots of the plants and stops thesoilfrom compacting.

mulch soil conditioning

 

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