Weed Prevention

Mulch helps to control and prevent weeds by creating a protective barrier around your flowers and trees. By destroying the potential for sun to reach weeds, mulch offers an ideal environment for your plants, trees and flowers to grow. Preventing weeds has the added benefit go eliminating root competition, leaving the growth space in your garden entirely for the plants you want.

Hydration and Insulation

Mulch helps to absorb and control water. It maintains hydration of your flowers and trees, which allows them to grow and maintain a strong root system. In extreme weather, the roots are protected. Moisture that is stored in the mulch during hot weather helps to keep your plants alive. Likewise, in extreme cold, mulch acts as a layer of insulation protecting your plants through State College winters.

Moisture Rentention

Aside from maintaining hydration, mulch also helps your lawn recovery from soil compaction through deep moisture retention. Compaction is when your soil becomes too dense and dries out. This drying out prevents water from reaching the root system of your trees and plants. Mulch acts as a sun shield, preventing too much sunlight from drying out your soil while also keeping underground moisture in your lawn, it’s an effective way of fighting soil compaction.

Soil Nutrition

The nutrients in your soil rely heavily on the decomposition of organic materials. Mulch is rich in nutrients. As it naturally breaks down, it provides vital nutrition to the soil beneath. Organic mulch is designed to decompose slowly over time, an easy and effective way of keeping your trees and flowers healthy.

Erosion Prevention

Aside from maintaining moisture in the soil, it also keeps heavy rainfall from washing away the soil. When heavy rains occur, soil is pushed away from plants, exposing fragile root systems. Mulch protects the soil, thus ensuring that your plants remain untouched by heavy rainfall, preventing soil erosion.

Aesthetics

Of course, one of the biggest benefits to homeowners and businesses is that mulch looks great. It gives your garden and flower beds a finished and refined look,. Improving curb appeal, mulch comes in a diverse range of colors and textures to match the aesthetic of your or your client's homes.

Mulch is one of the easiest and most impactful landscaping practices to help improve the look and health of your gardens. While there are a wide-range of regular landscaping needs that you must consider all year round, adding mulch to your yard is easily the most low maintenance among them. Mulching only needs to happen once or twice a year—and, we can even do it for you!