The task at hand was to swap out the red mulch in our yard for black mulch. Normally I would say that after a few years, all mulch looks the same — like, oh, I dunno, mulch — but this year, I ...

Protects plant stems/trunks from mechanical damage. When a mulch ring is maintained, with a minimum radius of at least 18 inches wide, mowers and weed-eaters will be prevented from hitting the plant.