Converting the Wood Mulch Users to Rubber Mulch
August 13th, 2008
Just recently on a visit to my doctors surgery, I noticed that they had some new wooden mulch on the ground around the plants. In fact all they had done was buy some new stuff and just had it placed on top of the old and rotting mulch that was already there.
Now apart from not looking as good, because you could actually see the difference between the new and old, it is also not going to last as long. The old rotting wooden mulch underneath, will cause the new stuff to go off even quicker and the smell, the smell was bad. They had laid the new mulch and sprayed it with water and a solution to stop fungal growth, but this was not the only thing making it smell as the old mulch was quite pungent anyway.
Now being the type of person I am, I thought I would mention to the surgery manager a cheaper and more effective way of going about keeping the plant beds looking good. You guessed it, I talked to her about rubber mulch, the fact that they would not have to spray it, to fend off the fungal infections the plants can get, the fact that rubber mulch does not give off that horrible smell that wooden mulch does and that it lasts longer than she could imagine, so saving the surgery’s budget.
We talked for quite a while about rubber mulch, where it comes from, as in the recycled tires, what different grades and colors there are, how much should be laid down and much more. I felt a bit like a sales rep by the end of it, but I didn’t mind, I even gave her the names of a few web sites to look at and phoned a friend, who works as a manager in a garden center and got him to give her a discount on an order of rubber mulch.
By the end of our chat I had convinced her that rubber mulch was the way to go and she agreed with me whole heartedly. Not only that, but she is also going to start using it around her garden. The next step is for me to keep on at the local authorities and get them to steer clear and get rid of all their wooden mulch and convert to rubber mulch. If I can do it, then anyone can do it. Give it a go, it feels great.
