When should you mulch your garden?

Many people think that mulch is only necessary during summer -this is wrong.

Mulching your garden should be done all year round - and here are the reasons why:

Mulch helps to keep moisture in the soil during the hot weather.
Mulch protects the soil from washing away during heavy rains.
Mulch also helps to keep the soil and plant roots warmer during extremely cold weather.
Mulch keeps weeds away.
Mulch adds nutrients into the soil as it breaks down and encourages earthworm activity.
Mulch helps to keep the snails away.

So, as you can see, mulch is very good for the soil and plants.

There are many types of mulch such as wood chips, bark nuggets, straw, old newspapers, cardboard, fallen leaves, grass cuttings and many more.

By keeping the garden mulched all year round, your plants will thank you, the ecology in the garden will improve and then attract all the little creatures that help the gardener.

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