Using Bark Mulch in the Garden?
Have you ever noticed the leaves on the ground in a forest or in the woods behind your house? I'm sure you have walked through the woods and never gave the groundcover under your feet a second thought. Those leaves and broken limbs are gold though. Trees and bushes use everything they make (leaves, bark, dead limbs) to improve the soil and to bring in micro-organisms which help breakdown the detritus on the ground. Mycorrhizae (or fungus like mushrooms) colonizes the leave