Marshall Stone is a landscape business on Sandy Ridge Road, near the Farmers Market in Greensboro. They specialize in stone installations and outdoor living areas; however, they also have plenty of mulch. From what we can surmise online, the company is about seven years old and their primary markets are Virginia and North Carolina. The above Sandy Ridge location is fairly new. It has an attractive stone and water feature in the front of the business; however, today we are interested in their mulch piles.
As you prepare your yards and gardens for the summer, remember, mulch is a fabulous addition to your landscape. Mulch keeps out weeds (which compete for nutrients) and it helps retain moisture in soil. A good layer of mulch also optimizes root temperature-- cooler in summer and warmer in winter.* We are lucky in Greensboro. If you leave yard waste by the curb, the city hauls it away and converts it to mulch that can eventually be purchased. The Ingleside Facility in High Point accepts yard waste from private residences for free. Today is ABC Wednesday, and for this round of GO GREEN GREENSBORO, M is for mulch because it is a fabulous, recycled, organic material.
*If you want to learn more about mulch (types, advantages, concerns, money value), consider consulting 'Mulch for Dummies'. Not that we are dummies, but those catchy-titled books are now websites too (see here).
Thank you for this interesting and informative post. Excellent choice for M!
I am thinking of taking some mulch for my garden! Have a great spring week!
Wil, ABCW Team.
Posted by: Reader Wil | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 06:22 AM
What a useful product, and ecologically sound.
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Posted by: Roger Green | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:02 AM
My hubby is currently working for a company that sells all sorts of garden materials, and I bet he sells mulch, too. I'll have to ask him.
Leslie
abcw team
Posted by: Leslie | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 12:56 PM