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Bark Mulch Is Your Secret Ingredient To A Great Garden
People are always being told what they should do in their garden to make it look good 365 days of the year, but it’s easy to get tired of hearing the same old thing. “Water it regularly” is just standard practice and should of course be taken into consideration, but there are other things just as important which often get overlooked.
Bark has recently been revealed as a secret weapon to keeping your garden looking great, and there a few simple reasons for this. For a start, bark mulch can help keep plants hydrated during the summer months when the dryer weather arrives and you don’t have time to be watering the plants every day. The bark works by preventing most of the water loss by evaporation from the soil. By adding bark, which is an organic matter, it also aids in erosion prevention.
Other bark mulch benefits include weed prevention through the reduction of light, which in turn prevents weed seed germination. In fact, garden experts will tell you that using bark instead of herbicides to control weeds is a far better, and safer, option. Of course, it is important that you choose the right bark mulch for your specific requirements, since there are many different grades of bark that you need to be aware of.
So, it would seem bark really is your secret ingredient to a great garden, but why aren’t more people aware of the benefits? Often they will just head down to their local garden centre and ask for garden advice, but some so-called experts are still not advising customers about the benefits of bark mulch in the garden. With wider exposure about the bark benefits, it won’t be long before more people heed the advice and it is no longer the best kept garden secret!
For the widest choice in bark mulch, you’ve come to the right place with Rolawn. We are specialists in creating beautiful gardens and are Europe’s largest turf supplier. Read more throughout the site about the benefits of bark, or call us on 0845 604 6050 for more product information and to place an order. Alternatively, please email info@rolawn.co.uk for more information.