Mulch for Every Season in New Jersey

People in New Jersey know all about seasonal extremes: hot summers, freezing cold winters, storms in the fall, and snow in the spring. When it comes to landscaping, most people tend to think of mulching as something you only do in the spring. However, there are reasons to add landscape mulch in every season. With our mulch blowing services provided by local mulch installation experts we’re making it easy and fast, there’s no reason not to mulch your landscape more than once a year.

Mulching in the Spring: A Good Place to Start

Installing mulch in the spring makes a lot of sense. As the snow melts and the ground warms, most people look forward to the growing season. Refreshing your landscape with mulch goes a long way toward getting your property ready for spring.

In particular, a few projects are especially well suited for spring:

Playground mulch

• Playground mulch: Spring is the right time to check the status of the mulch on your playground or play area. Kids are eager to get out and run around after being stuck inside over the winter, but you want to make sure your playground is safe and attractive. Our mulch installers can blow mulch to your playground or day care without removing fences or equipment. This fast mulching method will make your playground look great and get the kids back to playing faster than ever.

Newly planted annuals

• Newly planted annuals: If your spring landscaping plans involve adding annuals, be sure to mulch them well. Mulch protects new plants from late frosts and helps keep moisture in the soil where they can use it to grow. Blown mulch is perfect for newly landscaped areas. Long, flexible hoses place mulch precisely without tracking wheelbarrows through your fragile new plants.

Walking paths

• Walking paths: If you’re thinking of adding a walking path to your property, spring is the perfect time to do it. Mulch converts muddy paths to functional amenities that add value to your property and help your tenants stay active. Remember, our trucks can install mulch from up to 400 feet away. Blown mulch makes it easy to add a path anywhere you want it.

Mulching in the Summer: Watch for Weeds

Summer in New Jersey is a time to relax and enjoy the good weather. You’ll also want to keep an eye on your landscaping to see if it could use some mulch.

The biggest benefit of mulch is the way it reduces weed growth. This saves your landscaping from becoming ugly and overgrown. It also saves you from the chore of weed removal and the expense of buying weed killer.

In the summer, watch out for weeds in your landscaping. They are a sign that your mulch is too thin. After removing the weeds, contact us to have some mulch added to the bare spots. There’s no need to do the backbreaking work of mulching yourself in the hot summer months. We can connect you to a mulch installer who can solve the problem quickly and easily.

Mulching in the Fall: Preparing for the Freeze

Fall mulching is all about insulation. If you have planted new perennials, mulch around them in the fall to protect them from the extreme winter weather. Mulch holds warmth in the soil to protect plants’ root systems. It also minimizes soil heaving, which can displace plants as the ground freezes and thaws.

For established plantings around buildings, you may want to wait until the ground is already frozen before you mulch. If you apply it too early, rodents could take up residence in your mulch. Wait until they have found somewhere else to nest before installing mulch near buildings.

No matter when you need fall mulch, our professionals can get it in place quickly so you and your landscaping will be ready for winter.

Mulching in the Winter: Protecting Your Plants

You may not have thought about winter mulching before, but it can have great benefits to your plants.

Check to see if winter winds have blown away any of your mulch. If so, you’ll want to get new mulch in place to cover any bare spots.

Late winter in New Jersey can bring a cycle of freezing and thawing. This is hard on your plants. If they aren’t mulched properly, their roots can be damaged by the swings in temperature. A good layer of mulch insulates them and keeps them healthy.

No matter what the weather brings, a little advanced planning and some mulch can keep your landscaping beautiful year-round. Contact us today to get connected to a mulch installer for your project.