"ap" wrote in message
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Hello all,
We live here in north GA and was planning on putting new red colored
mulch to our garden beds in the front of our home. Right now, there is
a very thin layer of red mulch in some beds.

The beds are near large trees and soon the leaves will fall.

What do others do about putting red mulch during fall season?

Do you put a filter of some sort to catch the fall leaves so they
don't cover up the mulch?

Is it suggested to mulch after the leaves are done falling?

What about running the blower ? Will it blow away the mulch also?

The mulch we have used so far is the red colored mulch from Garden
Plus.
(At lowe's)

Please let me have your advice!!

THANKS!


Guess it depends how much the appearance you're looking for matters, and
what that appearance is. Guess you could tie off a fine nylon netting over
the tree trunk at an angle at least 45 degrees to meet the soil. This to
keep the leaves out of the purty red mulch. Remove when the trees are done
shedding their spring-fall coat.

Actually, the appearance doesn't matter that much functionally. To keep up
the functional end, add mulch each year. Mulch will settle, and will decay.
Leaves in the mulch are okay.

Suppose, with some practice, one could blow the leaves without upsetting the
mulch. A wet or damp day isn't a day to do this.

Myself? Could care less. Let the leaves fall where they will. Here comes
the mulching lawnmower. Followup with fresh mulch around the trees around
early spring.
Dave