Episode: #8 21/10/2006
Presenter: Melissa King

Perhaps the most valuable thing you can do for your garden in spring is to mulch. Recently we had an email from a garden club member saying he wants to do the right thing and mulch but he has a big garden and spreading mulch is time consuming, and a lot of hard work. Well Melissa has a tip to save you the time and worry right now by introducing you to the modern way to mulch!

It is fast, efficient and you don?t have to lift a finger, just sit and watch as mulch is blown over your garden beds. The mulch blowing truck from We Blow comes full of mulch and is then fed through a reverse vacuum and onto the garden.

Experienced operators lay the mulch on the beds at the right depth to help control weeds and conserve water and its all done without damaging any existing plantings or garden features.

It doesn?t really restrict the type of mulch you choose either; it could be an organic mulch, such as woodchips or pine bark and even inorganic mulches like gravel.

Have you ever noticed that whenever anyone is about to sell their home or open their garden they always lay down a fresh layer of mulch? That is because it gives the garden an instant makeover. It can also reduce evaporation from the soil surface by as much as 70%, saving extraordinary amounts of water.

It doesn?t matter if it is an open area, an established garden bed or mulch that just needs topping up, blowing takes a fraction of the time. To give you an idea, the system has the capacity to blow 10-15 cubic metres of mulch per hour, so for an average home garden it takes just 2-3 hours for the guys to come in, set up, do the much and clean up thoroughly. It is not just mulch that can be blown out, its soil and rock too.

Now for this weeks water saving tip of the week. Before applying mulch, give your garden beds a once over with a wetting agent. It helps any water you are applying to soak right down to the roots of the plants.

Top local suppliers like Bark King, stock the full range of mulch to suit modern or traditional planting schemes and We-blow will blow it straight onto the garden.

Plus there is no stockpile of mulch on the nature strip or driveway waiting until you have the time to do it. Forget the old labour intensive way to lay mulch, this takes the hard work out of garden maintenance and that means more time to enjoy the garden.

We Blow
54 Fussell Road
Montrose, VIC 3765.
Phone: 1300 78 22 66 (Vic only) / 03 9761 9078

Answering service available after office hours.

Fax: 03 9761 9307
Email: sales@weblow.com.au

Postal Address: PO Box 10, Chirnside Park, VIC 3116.
Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8.30am - 4.30pm
www.weblow.com.au

Bark King
54 Fussell Road
Montrose, VIC 3765.
(03) 9728 5200
(03) 9728 5300
www.barkking.com.au