Updating the look of your garden need not be expensive. If you’re a super gardener, then you can do it yourself without spending much time or much money on additional plants and tools. On the other hand, if you’re a hopeless gardener, then you don’t need to hire a landscaper (again) to change your garden’s look a little. You can do it yourself without killing everything you touch.
Below are 3 garden make-over tips that gives your garden a fresh new look without being time-consuming and expensive.
1. Replace wood mulch with rubber mulch
It may be argued that wood mulchis organic, therefore healthy for the soil. However, being that wood mulch is organic, it also rots. And rotten wood mulch encourages fungal and bacterial growth which ends up being harmful for your plants. Oh, and rotting wood mulch smells awful. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Garden, Landscape
Bring your house party outdoors. Make good use of the space in your garden, backyard, or the concrete space just outside your garage.
Just thinking about the preparation details and having to deal with the post-party mess could make house parties sound like a bad idea. With rubber mulch, decorating will be a breeze and cleaning up won’t be as difficult.
Below are 3 tips to make preparations no sweat, so you could have parties and dinners as often as you like.
1. Greet guests with a “manicured lawn”
Rubber mulch is brilliant for landscaping. Rubber mulch doesn’t rot, so you won’t have to worry about funky smells and plant diseases. There are a lot of colors to choose from to complement your landscape. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Landscape, Rubber Mulch
It’s great if your children are active in community sports or are part of athletic teams in school. Although they are given the time to formally train, children usually get jitters before a competition like pro athletes do. They’d like to practice as much as they can. It is a good idea to provide them with a venue to train at home.
This way, you can supervise them, encourage them, and even train with them—it’s also like having a playground at home. Bringing training to your backyard can even encourage the rest of your family to lead a healthy lifestyle. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Environment, Landscape, Playground, Playground Area
While newspaper drives still rank as the top fundraising activity, rubber drives help the environment and the recycled output can directly benefit the school.
Rubber drive
It is a great idea to introduce the idea of holding a rubber drive. The results are tangible things that the children can appreciate. You won’t have to force them to join your next rubber drive.
Have students collect as much recyclable rubber as they can: old tires, balled up rubber bands, and even old windshield wipers. Not only can this help clean out many garages, you also encourage them to help the environment. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Environment, Landscape, Playground, Playground Surfacing, Rubber Mulch, recycled rubber mulch, wooden mulch