I'm visiting relatives this weekend and staying in a trendy small city. What i see in the suburban landscape here is black mulch. Black? Black mulch? I find it both attractive and repellent.
From a distance, even a short distance, i don't notice the mulch. It looks natural, like dirt--nice, rich soil. Up close, it looks a bit unusual because the fading black mulch has a slight silver sheen--like fading wood, more like old wood pallets. Up close, it looks unnatural.
At first, i thought, Of course. The urban dweller dresses in black and wants their tiny, perfect garden dressed in black too.
Fashions come and go--even fashions in mulch. A few years ago, red mulch was popular. Now black mulch is popular.
No matter the color, mulch is impermanent. It comes. (What color will they think of next?) It goes--it decomposes right into the soil.
We tried black mulch one year -- when it's new, it look like tar pavement -- not exactly the "natural" look one wants in a wooded setting. And, as you said, it turns gray pretty quickly, which then looks a bit "worn."
ReplyDeleteAnd the dye seeps into the soil and water.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. thanks for sharing these beautiful posts. Black Mulch will give best lokks to your garden area.
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