For most gardeners the never ending activities that make up the hobby, which sometimes may seem relentless, are all part and parcel of the doing the thing they love. However, there does come a point where certain jobs can be carried through and completed more efficiently with the use of other techniques and materials like gardening bark.
Recognising the benefits of things like gardening bark only encourages the gardeners instinct to create methods that will help save them from unnecessary work. Many of the physically demanding but repetitive tasks that gardeners face can often be reduced in time and effort. Such jobs include things like weeding, which as anyone that has attempted gardening to some degree, will know is a time-consuming and often relentless task. Another job which gardeners try to cut down on is the need to water on a continuous basis. Whilst it is obvious plants drink more water during the hot summer months, there are ways that gardeners have found to reduce the amount of watering required on any given day.
Gardening Bark is one of those materials that gardeners absolutely adore because of its multiple uses.
The reduction in weeding is one of the first great benefits of using gardening bark. Weeds are prevented from growing when a layer of two or three inches of gardening bark is spread across the whole bed or border – sunlight is stopped from getting to the weeds and encouraging them to grow. So long as weeding is performed thoroughly before the gardening bark is laid down, there should be few problems with weeds growing in the future.
Gardening bark also has an incredible ability to retain moisture which means that once the bark has been spread and the initial watering has been carried out, the need to come back and water again so frequently should be reduced.
It’s also true that gardening bark gives plants and their roots additional protection to enable them to survive through hard cold frosts. Cold air is prevented from getting into the cold soil by the bark which also holds warm air.
Gardening mulch can also be formed from sheets of plastic or from the use and laying down of hay or straw. Gardening bark carries many properties all of which are useful to the gardener, however, its natural good looks make it a preferred choice in many gardens. In fact, there are several ornamental gardening barks available which are produced specifically for the good looks it can bring to a garden border.
