Prices for bulk mulch?

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Yeah, you'll probably find that at least 10-20% of your total area is covered by plants, and way more than this if you use any ground covers. You'll need less than that in subsequent years, depending on what you put down, how well it stays, and how bad you think it looks as it fades.

BTW: The number one mistake I see from both homeowners and landscapers with mulch is piling it around trees and woody plants, possibly thinking it is protecting something. There should be no mulch touching the bark of a tree or woody plant. It does the same thing to trunks as a bandaid does to your finger when you sweat (soggy!). Once this happens, insects and mould/fungus-type problems will make short work of most trees.

ooohhhhh, good stuff. Any ideas on treating bare clay soil with food for re-planing/splitting bulbs and hostas?

So keep the mulch away from newly planted shrubbery?

I demand shubbery! Bring us shrubbery!

just keep a bit of a ring of clear around the trunk area and it'll be fine. always need more than you think to get that 2-3 inch depth

 

[Kelemvor]

Just be careful for anyone that gets it for free. ALl they do is take the trees that have been taken down or branches that have been dropped off by other residents and they grind them up. You never know what's in there and many times can have fungi and other things from the random branches that are ground up.

We did that a few times and it's just so not worth it since we have to bring pitchforks and load up a trailer and crap. So much easier to just let the front end loaded dump the mulch into my trailer and then I drive around the yard and dump it out where I need it.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
Just be careful for anyone that gets it for free. ALl they do is take the trees that have been taken down or branches that have been dropped off by other residents and they grind them up. You never know what's in there and many times can have fungi and other things from the random branches that are ground up.

We did that a few times and it's just so not worth it since we have to bring pitchforks and load up a trailer and crap. So much easier to just let the front end loaded dump the mulch into my trailer and then I drive around the yard and dump it out where I need it.

Thanks for the tips. Mulch should be delivered tomorrow and put down by buddy on Friday. He may have to get a few more hands to get it all done in one day.

They raked up the soil and mixed in a little sand/peat and some preene.