Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Most stock landscaping IS decent landscaping for mulch beds, but very poor if you go to gravel ...is the point I wished to make. I do suggest going to pinebark over pinestraw, but in the end (as I tell everyone I design for)... it IS your landscape, and you should like it. But if you hire a pro, you should like it for a lot longer than 2-5 years. During the 1st years of The Villages MOST of the people lived in their new home about one full year before calling in a landscaper at all, but the BUILDER was using shredded cypress for mulch, and cypress made a GREAT mulch, I miss it very much. |
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With the overtone of "no one here knows the right answer, go elsewhere"? Kinda passive aggressive in the context that there are several very smart people that frequent this forum and give informative answers. And have for years. Many are even Master Gardeners. If you read a few older posts on this forum, you might see what I mean. |
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… and of ‘experts’ on TV ‘news’. |
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I used a landscape architect, he was in favor of pinestraw over chips, using it for years now.
No bugs or termites as claimed by others, I flip it over once year. add as needed. Rocks also heat the ground containing the roots of the plants, just not eco friendly
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I’ll take rock all the time. Lay down rock and forget it, lay down any mulch or pine straw and it looks like crap in 6 months. You have weeds growing thru rock beds and even more weeds growing thru mulch beds. If I have flower or plant droppings on my rock beds, I can blow them out of my rock beds easy. You can’t do that in mulch beds.
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rock landscaping
You dont know what your talking about. Try blowing clippings from a trimmed bush or tree with mulch underneath. GOOD LUCK. I have rocks completely around my house and with my blower and large vac, the trimmings are gone in no time. Got rid of the mulch 20 years ago.
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There are online companies that you can use...but like anything else, the results are varied and inconsistent. I don’t have a local rec but a reputable landscaping co. can do it as well since they know the area better
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