Mulch
- Mulch your flower beds and trees with 3" of organic material - it conserves water, adds humus and nutrients, and discourages weeds. It gives your beds a nice, finished appearance.
- A garden soil that has been well mulched and amended periodically requires only about a 1" layer of compost yearly to maintain its quality.
- Mulch acid-loving plants with a thick layer of pine needles each fall. As the needles decompose, they will deposit their acid in the soil.
- Mulch! The rain and irrigation water runs off the land, eroding and depleting your unprotected soil.
- Some mulching benefits are protection of roots from the sun's heat, and protection of plant crowns from winter cold.
- You can use coffee grounds as a mulch around acid-loving plants such as blueberries, azaleas, and dogwoods.
