How to Prepare a Bed for Mulch Installation | Electric Lawn Service

Following up on our previous video, here's how we prepare a bed before installing Mulch.
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[@hectorb8914]

Liked for the goodboy at the end 😁

[@Holly24tm]

I just got an edger tool and was using it backwards. 😂 thank you for this super helpful video! I need to get a flat shovel!

[@ayearetee3342]

Damn homeboy when into depth. Good shit ! 👏 👏

[@delt19]

Thanks for adding the white board illustration. I've been looking for a clear illustration of how to properly do a "check-mark" edge and this is the only video I've found that shows what I needed to see.

[@QuietLawn]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad it helped. Took me years to figure it out.

[@cindycoleman5196]

Great info thanks.

[@walkertime2261]

Wow! Nice and crisp

[@QuietLawn]

Thank you!!!

[@jaycon6919]

Thanks for the video! About to do the front yard now

[@QuietLawn]

Nice. Good luck

[@kevinbowler9642]

That's exactly how I do it

[@johnmorrow4719]

thanks

[@monstaface3734]

Cool

[@joecalabrese8979]

Any recommendation for water pooling at the trough where it meets the grass?

[@lizburdick8146]

Great explanation! Thank you!!

[@vinny6156]

Do you bag and throw away the stuff that you rake up with the hard rake?

[@QuietLawn]

If there's trash and debris in there

[@seabreaze4243]

I have a slight slope in the front of my house. I would love to set up a mulch bed, but not sure if it works with inclined terrains.
Any thoughts?

[@mike_jackson]

That is a well shaped edge, the grass and many weed runners will stop when they hit air. The main problem I have had is the edge breaking down if a mower tire gets near it while the soil is moist, but filling the trench with mulch will not prevent that. If edging barrier is used make sure to pull old edging away before adding mulch.

[@QuietLawn]

They will stop when you use your string trimmer to soft edge them when you mow your grass. Yes, depending on if you have soft soil, have to be careful not to drive into the edge.

[@j.missyjoy6507]

@@QuietLawncouldn’t I just pour my mulch on top of grass, without digging ?

[@kathleensabino374]

Very helpful ! Thank you.
How would you edge for a driveway. How low below grade should the “dirt” be before laying mulch. 5:07

[@QuietLawn]

Thanks for watching. I usually just take a rake or hoe and take it an inch or two below the concrete so that you can pack the new mulch in and not have it wash over onto the driveway as much.

[@kathleensabino374]

@@QuietLawn thank you! Good information.

[@wanderstabenow1690]

how to do this around trees? I ask because of the tree roots that don't allow us to dig so easily... Any advice?

[@FNM5429]

Great Video, Thank You. I have some smaller areas this will work great in.
I do have a larger area in my back yard currently full of weeds. In this situation do you recommend roto tilling or digging it all up, weed treating and then going on to define and bark the area or should I maybe sheet mulch it, like define the edges, remove loose material, level and cover in cardboard, then mulch over it? Not sure what to do there.
Also, what do you do in later years, like when this mulch breaks down, do you rake out and remove material. If you keep adding mulch, obviously it is going to stack up and you will lose the edge and start getting mounds of excess material.

[@jdemuro1]

Can't answer everything since I have a lot of the same questions. But in terms of removing old mulch, you don't need to since it will gradually break down over time and turn into soil. And you can lay a shorter depth of mulch on top after the initial mulch bed. The broken down mulch provides nutrients and organic material to keep your plants healthy. And this is why you don't want to put down landscape/filter fabric because it will prevent the mulch from breaking down into your soil. Hope that helps and also verify anything I said since I'm still learning.

[@ronmatthews2250]

Do you put weed barrier in before the mulch ?

[@xseeyah]

As part of the prep, do you spray the existing weeds with liquid weed killer and then after you lay down the mulch you add pre-emergent?

[@QuietLawn]

We do spray first. We don't add pre-emergent after anymore because customers expected zero weeds for the next few months and that's not possible. So, we stopped. But, you could.

[@stampedeenterprisesllc3688]

Why do you not use any metal or bender board edging to help keep the grass runners from growing into the bed and ruining the defined edge?

[@QuietLawn]

We do offer aluminum edging as an upgrade. Not everyone wants the extra cost and most like the natural look.

[@ultimaetsolder]

Looks terrible.

[@kathleenclarke828]

stop using poison please!

[@scorpiuswireless1]

Never take horticultural advice of a guy who’s profession and life achievement is using a lawn mower.

[@QuietLawn]

Or a grown man playing with toy cars.

[@rudy9607]

Gotemmn lmfao

[@javierhernandez1555]

Trying to figure out what comment even meant lol.