What is
Mulch-On-Site?
Our Mulch-On-Site method is a specialized technique of cutting, chipping and shredding virtually all healthy organic materials trimmed out of the landscape during routine management or custom service visits. After mechanically breaking down the organic materials into smaller pieces we then neatly place the fresh mulch back into the landscape for further decomposition by soil organisms. This process is usually done by hand pruners on the spot but we will use a Chipper-Shredder or electric powered leaf shredder to get the materials small enough to Mulch-On-Site.
The leaves, plant debris and bark from dead-heading and pruning, some weeds and all naturally fallen debris are reused/ recycled into the soil of the landscape. Incorporating these materials into the landscape, by directly laying this layer of food down, Mulching-On-Site facilitates what takes place in a natural ecosystem. Mulching-On-Site allows naturally occurring nutrients (Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) as well as micro-nutrients to flow into your landscape through this consistent addition of organic materials. The need to fertilize or amend the soil is decreased substantially while populations of soil micro-organisms necessary for abundant plant life flourish.
The noxious organic materials (i.e. diseased, pest or chemical ridden plants, invasive weeds and seeds as well as some notorious disease spreaders such as Rose debris or Camellia blooms) are hauled off-site to the local composting facilities. Noxious material can be composted on-site but needs to be monitored more accurately than composting healthy organic materials (monitor the heat and activity to ensure pathogens and weed seeds are killed). Similar to composting in several ways one of particular importance is how the Mulch-On-Site method further reduces energy inflows and outflows to the landscape by diminishing the need for movement of organic materials on or off-site. By regularly utilizing the Mulch-On-Site technique within our urban landscapes pollution, fossil fuels, agency resources, forest degradation -to mention only a few- are vastly minimized.
The Earth excels at recycling energy and nutrients, look at our natural ecosystems across the globe.
Human beings can learn to emulate Nature and live sustainably with each other and the natural world.
Mulch-On-Site Diagram
M-O-S
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