"Keeping your lawn and garden free of weeds"

"Keeping your lawn and garden free of weeds" is best achieved with our Mulching Special for Doylestown, PA, and doing it without the benefit of chemicals, might bring to mind nothing but the thought of aching muscles, a sore back and legs, and knees worn out from kneeling in the garden. But, getting your hands dirty is not the only way to get control of weeds without resorting to chemical treatments. The folks at Mulch It Now idea is not to make you work harder to keep your garden landscaping weed-free, but to learn how to work smarter.

One of the best ways to avoid having weeds sprout up in your gardens or patio lawn is to kill the weeds though a process called soil solarization. This is a preventative approach and a completely organic way of eliminating weeds before they even have a chance to sprout. However, soil solarization does require a good bit of work, and is only effective if you can start planting the area with a clean slate.

Another very effective way to keep weeds out of your lawn and garden without dumping a lot of toxic chemicals all over your landscape design is to install landscape fabrics. These specially made fabrics are very effective and can be considered a great hi-tech partner in battling weeds without chemical treatments. Our Mulch installers can help you with this task of installing this specially made fabrics at additional cost.

Utilizing garden mulch is another very beneficial approach to protecting your lawns and gardens from an invasion of weeds. While landscape fabrics work from below the prepared planting area, mulch is applied to the top of the soil, around your plants and can effectively smother a weed trying to break through to the surface. Mulch can also be used in conjunction with the anti-weed landscape fabrics for a one-two punch strategy of organic weed control.

Another added benefit of using mulch is that it also has the ability to provide insulation to your plantings. This insulation value is particularly helpful in the summertime and can help to keep the underlying soil both cool and moist. This will reduce the watering requirements and will also protect the root systems from damage caused by sever heat.

While some people have chalked it up to an old wives tale, vinegar can also help you control weeds without chemicals. It is the acetic acid in the vinegar that delivers an herbicidal dose to weeds. But, you will need a stronger variety than what you probably have in the cupboard and you can look for super-strength vinegar in weed and feed stores.

Keep in mind that vinegar is a "non-selective" natural herbicide, so if you choose to use it to control the lawn and garden weeds around your home, then you must take care to apply it only to the weeds. For this reason it is not a good solution for use on lawns, other than in areas where the weeds can easily be identified and sprayed individually. However, it makes a fine organic solution to keeping weeds in check without the problems associated with chemicals.

Our mulch installers at Do It Now Landscaping and I Cut Large Lawns are ready to help you with your natural weed control. Write an e-mail to Mulch It Now, sales@mulch-it-now.com to receive a 25% discount providing your order is received before the end of March 2008. Let's all enjoy a free lawn and garden experience by applying for your early Mulching Special in Doylestown PA.