Tips on putting down mulch that meets your garden and landscaping needs
Update: 2025-08-15
Description
As you build out your yard and develop your garden, you'll inevitably find the need to put down some mulch to cover the ground and create pleasing areas around your growing spots.
In this episode, Don and John go over a few key points on mulch, edging and maintenence, including things to consider when choosing rock or mulch and how to prevent weeds.
Topics:
- 0:00 Intro
- 1:33 Today's topic: Mulching
- 2:12 Listener question: What is this powdery substance on my lilacs?
- 4:36 How ground cover has changed
- 9:42 Maitaining rock mulch
- 11:34 Preventing weeds with a pre-emergent herbicide
- 19:46 A disadvantage to rock mulch
- 21:07 Wood mulch; chips vs. shredded
- 23:52 The advantages and disadvantages of wood mulch
- 25:02 What to put underneath wood mulch
- 26:51 Tips for using cardboard under mulch
- 30:00 Wood vs. rock mulch
- 31:17 Rubber pellets
- 35:02 Edging
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