Mulching

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You may have no idea what mulch is or why it's so important, but mulching is one of the best things you can do for your garden and the surest way to make your garden thrive.

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Mulch is a layer of material placed on the surface of your garden or maybe the soil surrounding a tree. This layer of organic material can be made from a variety of materials such as bark or wood chips (from various tree species), pine needles, straw, and cocoa bean shells, or decomposing, non-organic materials such as  landscaping fabric, even recycled tires, pebbles, and river rock. Apart from giving, a professional finish to your garden regular mulching offers wonderful benefits to your garden including:

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• An instant way to keeps beds looking tidy.

• Mulching reduces run-off and soil movement from garden beds.

• Improves soil nutrition.

• Help keep weeds down reducing competition for water and nutrients.

• Less weeding.

• Improves moisture retention lessens the soil drying and cracking

• Earthworms love mulch.

• Your plants and shrubs will thrive in a well-mulched bed.
   

At Marvellous Mowing, we offer a complete mulching service as part of our garden maintenance. You’ll be amazed at the difference a mulching makes to your garden.