Importance of Proper Mulching

OK, here we go. Two soapboxes stacked, megaphone fully charged, attitude on, and hyperbole activated! Mulch can be the greatest input for your garden and plants or it can create a desolate wasteland. How’s that for hyperbole? I know that readers of this newsletter span a great range of gardens from small fractions of anContinue reading “Importance of Proper Mulching”

Reed vs The Volcano…Tree Volcano That Is!

Welcome to the annual process of building up soil levels around the base of plants with excessive amounts of mulch.  The result of this reckless heaving of mulch around trees is the ubiquitous “Tree Volcano”. All of these images are from local sites showing egregious use of mulch, and some bad quality mulch too. For thoseContinue reading “Reed vs The Volcano…Tree Volcano That Is!”