Not sure about you but it's Spring time here in the Northeast and cleanup and re-mulching of shrub beds is starting to take place. Not sure why people do it, but they just keep piling on that mulch like it was going out of style. When you put down 2-3 inches of mulch per year and never remove any, sooner or later you will have problems, these trees are slowly suffocating and will be subject to all sorts of insect and disease problems before they finally die. The proper way to mulch is to every 3rd or 4th year remove the majority of the old mulch, this older mulch is a perfect base for newly created beds or for top dressing lightly beds that are not as noticible, also when creating new pathways this mulch works excellent as a base. Please consider the health of your trees when mulching more is not allways better, especially when it comes to mulching.
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