Choosing the Right Mulch for Your Garden and Landscape 

Mulch is organic material used to cover the surface of your soil to keep moisture, conceal weeds and provide an overall attractive appearance to your garden and landscape. Mulch can come in the form of wood chips, leaves, bark, and more. Deciding what type of mulch for your landscape and garden does matter.

Bark: Typically used around trees and shrubs, bark slowly decomposes allowing for this material to not have to be replaced constantly. Bark mulch is made from tree bark that can come in three different forms: fine, medium and large pieces.

Compost: Compost is a high-quality mulch to enrich the major and micro nutrients found in soil. Compost adds nutrition to the soil as well as allowing the soil to retain its nutrients.

Straw : Used as a popular mulch for vegetable gardens, straw can keep the soil from becoming too muddy on the lower plant leaves. Since decomposes straw slowly, you will not need to replace the straw the whole growing season.

D.R. Charles Environmental Construction has a great selection of mulches for your garden and landscape. Check out our selection of mulches here. Contact our store for more information on our mulch spreading services today!