Bark Mulch Garden Preparation

Get ahead with bark mulch

Not only can bark mulch give gardeners a head start when it comes to weeding, it can also help retain moisture and prevent unnecessary loss of nutrients from excessive run-off and soil loss. By helping to protect the soil, bark mulch as a weed suppressant, soil improver and conditioner is an excellent choice of material for gardeners to use.

Once you’ve decided to use bark mulch, it’s important to make sure that your garden’s beds and borders are prepared to enable the benefits of bark mulch to deliver. One of the first things you should do is something that the bark mulch is there to prevent – weeding! Whilst the irony is not lost on most gardeners, if weeds that are already established are not removed before the bark mulch is laid down, then it may not prove as effective as it should be in the long term. A little weeding at this stage will mean that you give your beds and borders, fruits and vegetables the very best chance of benefitting from the bark mulch in the future.

Organic bark mulch

Secondly, the most important thing to remember about bark mulch is that there is no need to add chemical weed-killers – the bark mulch should do this job for you over time, providing that attention is paid to the above preparation steps of weeding. Bark Mulch makes an excellent organic weed inhibitor.

Finally, it’s important to ensure that the soil is already damp and watered before laying down the bark mulch. Once the bark mulch has been put down and spread consistently across the required area, you’ll find that there will then be less time required spent watering because the bark mulch will help retain the moisture levels already present in the soil.

Bark mulch from Rolawn

Rolawn are reputable suppliers of top grade high quality bark mulch and are a recognised market leader in this area. To find out more about Rolawn’s incredible range of bark mulch, call 0845 604 6050.

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