Keeping your lawn and garden healthy and growing can be a difficult process. Supplying your plants with the proper mulch alleviates many stresses and difficulties of maintaining a garden and lawn and saves you money along the way.

Read below for reasons to mulch:

1. Keep the Soil Moist: A layer of mulch traps moisture in the soil, slowing down the evaporation process. This keeps your soil from drying out and your plants hydrated for longer.
2. Lower Soil Temperature: Because mulch makes it difficult for sun to break through. Plant roots and soil are exposed to lower temperatures helping them remain fertile and healthy and ultimately making you garden last longer.
3. Reduce Weed Growth: Weeds easily pop up through simple topsoil. Weeds harm soil health and plant roots, ultimately deteriorating your garden. Layering your garden or lawn with a layer of mulch makes it difficult for weeds to reach the surface and grow in your garden.
4. Keep Your Gardens pH Levels Balanced: Each type of mulch has different acidity levels and serves a different purpose for your garden. To ensure that your garden and lawn receive the mulch with the correct acidity levels, learn the makeup of your garden or lawn and choose a corresponding mulch. If you are unsure what the makeup of your lawn or garden is and what mulch is best, consider contacting a professional.
5. Supply Natural Nutrient Supplements: When mulch breaks down, natural supplements are released into your garden or lawns soil keeping it healthy and fertile. Adding mulch to your garden and lawn saves you money on purchasing additional nutrients from the store.
6. Add Color To Your Lawn Or Garden: Different types of mulch offer different colors, adding a unique style to your lawn or garden. From hardwood bark mulch to decorative stone mulch you can alternate the style of your yard with a simple purchase. Alternating mulches also provides plants with different nutrients promoting ultimate plant health.

For more information on why to mulch or not to mulch from the experts at Little Black Rake, please contact us here or call us directly at 989.965.0259.