Everyone who has done landscaping for me has recommended mulch. Don't spread without glove. A friend of mine got a fungus under her thumbnail, and the dermatologist said it was probably from working with mulch without gloves - just bare hands. Also, I have seen on TV (NBC News) stories about rubber playing fields made from ground up tires and videos of the "puffy stuff" that comes out of the fields when people run or bounce balls on the rubber mulch. Some children who have played sports on these rubber mulch fields have contracted cancer, and scientists are looking into the possibility this is not good for us.
Somehow my house and garden got tiny gnats that killed my fuchsia plant and fly everywhere. I have tried ALL the Web recommendations - soap and oil dishes, sand in th...
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Growing our first garlic, should we wait until the leaves are drying out before we pick it? Husband picked first one today along with our first potatoes.
Hi everyone, I have mice in my garden destroying my vegetables and I have also noticed them in the barn and shed. Please can someone tell me how to prevent them from ...
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2nd Season in a ROW! Squash plants growing large and healthy leaves and the stems near the roots are looking healthy and turning dark green, getting flowers that grow...
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Trail of dead grass appeared two weeks ago that starts in neighbor's yard and goes to the sidewalk, then continues past the sidewalk in a line into the grass into my ...
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Everyone who has done landscaping for me has recommended mulch. Don't spread without glove. A friend of mine got a fungus under her thumbnail, and the dermatologist said it was probably from working with mulch without gloves - just bare hands. Also, I have seen on TV (NBC News) stories about rubber playing fields made from ground up tires and videos of the "puffy stuff" that comes out of the fields when people run or bounce balls on the rubber mulch. Some children who have played sports on these rubber mulch fields have contracted cancer, and scientists are looking into the possibility this is not good for us.
I think mulch is the best as when it deteriorates, it adds minerals to the soil. I would never use anything like rubber...
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/comparison-between-rubber-mulch-wood-chips-51700.html
Bark, because it eventually decomposes.
I used the red cedar mulch and really liked it. You may have to add more over time. It looks good in the garden.