Mulch alternatives

Mulch Alternatives - adding curb appeal to your home with alternatives to traditional landscape materials!

Mulching is an important part of gardening, but sometimes the traditional mulch options just don't fit the bill. Here are 5 great alternatives to traditional mulch that will help your garden thrive all year long!

Decided to landscape your garden but ran out of mulch? And the store near you is out? Time to consider one of the mulch alternatives...

Let’s face it, anywhere you put mulch, you can dig a hole and plant ground cover. Indeed, ground cover plants are simply living mulches that don’t cost time or money to install every spring. Just like mulch they help retain soil moisture, and they keep weeds from crowding in. Ground cover also provides an extra layer of color and, often, beautiful flowers.

Learn the landscaping pros and cons of mulch vs. rocks including benefits of river rock vs. mulch, and replacing mulch with stone.

Here are 19 organic and inorganic garden mulch options and when to use them to suppress weeds, improve soil nutrients and enhance beauty.

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Instead of spreading mulch around trees every spring, why not try these planting ideas? They can improve your tree's health, too!

Regular mulch will quickly break down, will require frequent replacement, and can become home to a wide variety of unwanted pests. Glass mulch is an ideal alternative, but purchasing the many pounds needed to cover large areas can be a costly undertaking. The perfect solution is to make your own glass mulch at a fraction of the cost. How can you make glass mulch at home?

Mulching doesn't have to be an annual chore. Instead, plant thickly to suppress weeds in the garden, and use mulch as a temporary measure.