This of course only applies to organic mulches such as bark hardwood and leaf mulches as opposed to any of the rubber or stone variety.
About hardwood mulch.
In areas where harvesting of hardwood trees is common hardwood mulch is usually very easy to find and it can be quite.
When they decompose they put their own nutrients into the ground though still not to the extent of compost.
Wood chips nuggets or bark.
Garden supply stores and nurseries commonly carry this product and can order it by request if people cannot find it readily available.
Hardwood mulches are derived from the shredded or chipped bark and heartwood of trees including oak poplar and maple.
Mulch performs a key role in an attractive healthy garden or landscape but the array of choices can prove daunting.
Mulch can also serve as this to a degree once it begins to decompose.
Despite the name hardwood mulches actually decompose faster in the landscape than cedar or pine bark mulch owing to a higher cellulose content.
Both hardwood and softwood bark chips and nuggets byproducts of the lumber and paper industries are typically aged and dried and sometimes even.