Many new gardeners, homeowners, or people new to landscaping, do not appreciate how rubber mulch (rubber soil made from recycled tires) can actually benefit their gardens and landscapes, and even lessen their workloads.
Regardless of which garden/landscape type is your passion, putting rubber mulch around the garden beds, will be beneficial in many ways like weed control, conserving water, protection from the cold and enhancing the beauty of your garden.
When the frosts come and ice or snow hit our gardens hard, there are all sorts of things that we have been told we can do to protect our plants. This is all good and well, but what about protecting the soil around our plants.
More and more people are turning to mulch, for a protective layer around their plants. Nowadays, the aim for most people is to be as friendly to the environment as possible, and that is a good thing. But when you get chemicals sprayed onto things like wooden mulch, so they last a bit longer, or so that they don’t pass on fungal infections to the plants, don’t you think that is defeating the object?
This is part 3, of a series of blog posts, showing you little things you can do to help the environment today.
In part 1 – Small Ways to Help the Environment Today, we covered things like reusing carrier bags, saving water and planting trees. In Part 2 – 7 More Ways You can Help the Environment Today, we looked at car pooling, switching of lights when you are not using them, and buying recycled items to name a few, but you can always read over those again later.
Let’s get on with today’s recommended seven environmentally friendly actions.
It’s getting near Spring now, so make sure you lower those thermostats, if it’s still too cold, wear a coat indoors and in doing so remember you are doing your small bit for the environment.
Garden design has come along way from the old front lawn, to creating an oasis of relaxation in the front and rear of our premises. We have stepping stone pathways, gravel and even decking, to make our garden environment more enjoyable.
We also look for more ideas from around the world to give different contrasts to our gardens. For example, we have taken the idea of minimalism from the Japanese environment in the garden, and used it with the traditional English garden to create something that is relaxing, peaceful and beautiful all at the same time.
Hopefully we should all know about the use and effectiveness of arena footing out outdoors and indoors. We should all know the health benefits for both the horse and rider and how it helps with the horse’s tendons and joints. Also how much safer it is for riders when they fall, and yes even the most professional riders fall from time to time and the arena footing does make a difference here as well.
People who have looked into rubber footing, they will know different grades it can come in and how long it lasts, but do you think many people have considered the possibility of using recycled rubber footing in other ways?