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What Should You Plant in the Late Fall in Indiana
Fall in the midwest has arrived, and with it, cold weather. This often means the end of the planting season for many...
Fall Landscaping Checklist: Indiana
Here at McCarty Mulch & Stone, we have prepared a fall landscape checklist for our fellow Indiana residents so...
Tips for Planting Grass Seeds in the Fall
There is an estimated 40 million acres of turf grass in the United States. For many homeowners, the goal is to have a...
Bagged Mulch or Bulk Mulch: Which is Best?
Without a doubt, mulch is one of the most important materials that contribute to a healthy garden. It helps with...
How To Prepare Your Landscape for Fall
Knowing how to prepare your lawn to transform into a fall landscape can be rough. You need to consider so many...
Can You Mulch in the Late Summer?
The Covid pandemic brought a lot of misery in its wake, but it also had some beneficial side effects. For example,...
The Ultimate Guide to Summer Landscaping in Indiana
The summer heat in Indiana can go as high as 83 degrees Fahrenheit. High temperatures can take a toll on your yard, so...
The Top Summer Landscaping Trends of 2022
You need a beautiful yard. Every summer, you need to keep up with the latest trends. This year is no different! 2022...
Spring Landscaping Tips for Homeowners in Indiana
Spring Landscaping in Indiana Spring has arrived in Indiana! That means it's time to start preparing your spring...
Which Type of Mulch Should I Use?
Your Guide to Mulch Thinking about using mulch to elevate your landscape? Much is a great way to improve your soil...
When to Start Your Spring Landscaping Projects in Indiana
Your Guide to Spring Landscaping in Indiana Springtime means beautiful weather that makes you want to spend all of...
Tips for Late Winter Landscaping Maintenance
Keep Up With Your Late Winter Landscape With snow still falling and temperatures still dropping, gardening is...
Different Types of Compost and Their Uses
Compost is a common gardening technique for a reason; it’s a fantastic way to supply your plants with the nutrients...
Winter Landscape Tips: Winter Plant Survival
Your Winter Landscape Guide Do you take pride in the quality of your winter landscape? If so, then you understand that...
Landscape Tips to Protect Your Garden this Winter
Take Good Care of Your Garden With These Winter Landscape Tips Winter is coming. There are a few steps you can take to...
7 Helpful Winter Landscape Tips
Landscape Tips You'll Want to Use This Winter Why would you allow your beautiful lawn to die under fall leaves and...
Why You Should Apply Fall Mulch
The Benefits to Applying Mulch in the Fall Some realtors recommend that homeowners should spend between 5 and 10% of...
Utilize Fall Leaves in Your Garden: What You Need to Know
Put Fall Leaves to Work in Your Garden Do you remember how much fun it was jumping into a giant pile of leaves as a...
7 Pro Tips for Fall Soil Preparation You Should Know About
Start Preparing Your Soil for Fall The advent of autumn marks the end of the growing season in most places. But even...
6 Essential Late Summer Landscaping Tips
How to Maintain Late Summer Landscaping Is your lawn prepared for the heat of the summer? As the late summer...
3 Ways Mulching Will Help Your Garden This Summer
Make Mulching this Summer a Priority Once upon a time, homeowners around the country devoted their time and energy to...
5 Ways to Use Mulch to Beat the Summer Heat
Beat the Summer Heat with Mulch According to the Farmers' Almanac, summer for 2021 will have above-normal hot...
Best Types of Stone for Your Driveway
Replacing your driveway can be complicated. But you're determined, thrifty, and know what you want. Stone driveways...
The Ultimate Soil Guide
More and more Americans are creating luscious landscapes and gardens to benefit pollinators. Even if that isn't your...
How Mulch Can Help Weed Control and Soil Health
You may think that most people add mulch to their gardens and landscaping because of its aesthetic beauty, but there...
5 Tips on How to Prepare Your Home For Spring Landscaping
Are you looking forward to a beautiful spring filled with flowers and a lush lawn? Then you may want to start...
Expert Tips to Enhance Your Home Garden This Spring
To get the most out of your home garden, it's important to take the right steps to care for your patch of land....
Should I Mulch, Use Stone or River Rock Around My House?
Did you know that our ancestors are a great source of landscaping solutions? In the history of farming and gardening,...
Late Winter and Early Spring Landscaping Tips
Although winter seems to linger long in the Midwest, spring often blossoms abruptly. Are you ready to perform your...
Prep Your Garden Soil for the Next Growing Season
Do you love to garden? If so, you're not alone. This is especially true now that more and more people are seeking to...
How to Protect Your Trees and Shrubs This Winter
Unlike humans, trees and shrubs can't take off and add layers depending on the temperature. Luckily, they have you....
Tips for Winter Mulching in Cold Climate Gardens
Residing in a region exposed to freezing winter conditions demands you protect your outdoor plants from the damaging...
Winter Mulching Your Garden: A Basic Guide
Most of the Midwest gets its first freeze around the first of October. For a freeze to happen, the air temperature has...
How to Mulch Around Trees and Shrubs
When it comes to applying mulch around trees shrubs, knowing how to properly do it can save you time and resources....
What’s the Best Way to Apply Mulch?
Yes, there is a best way to apply mulch. Mulching is often simpler than many people make it out to be, but there are...
5 Reasons You Should Use Mulch Every Year
Yes, There are Reasons You Should Mulch... If you're unfamiliar with the whole mulching craze that happens every...
Bulk Mulch or Bagged Mulch: The Great Debate
Bulk mulch or bagged mulch? An argument as old as time itself. Numerous people are on both sides of the aisle, but...
Which Playground Mulch is Right for You?
Curious about which playground mulch to use in your backyard? At McCarty Mulch, we have plenty of choices for your...
Mulch in Flowerbeds: What You Need to Know
Are you using mulch in your flower bed for the first time or do you simply want to learn how to do it properly? Look...
The Math of Mulch: Use this Handy Calculator
How Much Mulch to Use Many people have a lot of questions about how much mulch to use for their landscape beds or...
Compost and Soil Amendments
Using compost is a fantastic way to supply your plants with the nutrients they need to grow to their fullest...
Spring Landscaping Ideas with Mulch and Stone
Mulch and stone are a winning combination for Spring landscaping. Mulch most likely comes to mind when you think of...
6 Benefits of Using Compost in Your Garden
Compost is king. If you could only add one amendment to your garden, it would most certainly be composted. There are...
Get Your Garden In Gear For Spring Planting
If you feel the urge to jump into your garden, spade out, and ready to dig into the early Spring’s ground, stop for a...
Early Spring Soil Preparation: When and How?
While everyone loves the arrival of spring, gardeners rejoice. The sun feels warmer, flower buds begin to swell, and...
How to Build Soil in the Winter
How To Build Soil in the Winter The key to any successful garden is healthy, nutritious soil. Good soil provides an...
Four Ways to Prepare Your Garden for the Winter
Your annuals are nearing the end of their lifespan and are starting to feel the cold grasp of the first frosts. After...
What is Mulch used for?
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself “Why do we use mulch?” There’s a good chance, if you’ve been working on your...
What is the Best Mulch for Weed Prevention?
The best mulch for weed prevention will depend on a few considerations: what else you need it to do, where it is laid,...
Making the Best Garden Soil
Some gardeners are blessed from the beginning with great garden soil, that’s great! This article is for those of us...
Soil, Landscaping’s Dirty Secret
Why is soil type so important? Soil is a mixture of rocks, minerals, and organic material. The type of soil used in...
What Are the Best Mulches For Your Vegetable Garden?
The Use of Mulch Using mulch in the vegetable garden has not only become very popular but is almost seen as a...
Spring is Here, Time to Mulch! But Which Is the Best For Your Flower Garden?
Mulching is just as much about function as it is about form. Mulching your flower garden is a basic but essential...
5 Ways to Determine the Best Grass Type for Your Lawn
The time and research you take now to determine the right type of grass for your yard could save you a lot of pain...
Driveway Renovation: Gravel vs. Crushed Stone
Does your driveway do your home justice? It could add an aged appearance to an otherwise well-maintained property,...
Mulch or Compost for your Vegetable Garden?
If you’re an avid gardener, then you know nutrient deficiency in soil limits plant growth and crop yield. Using mulch...
Natural Remedies For Fungal Diseases
Most public places offer free hand sanitizer so germs don’t spread. Plants don’t have that luxury. Your plants share...
7 Things You Ought to Know About Mulch
Selecting mulch in today’s market may seem a lot like shopping for ceramic tiles: you have seemingly endless color...
Residential Rubber Mulch: Reduce Landscaping Cost and Maintenance
Rubber mulch is a preferred buffer for playgrounds, sports fields, military training fields and equestrian areas...
Preparing Landscape Beds for Gardening
When you invest in a new home or business, one is generally focused on structural or decorative projects, not the...
Natural Stone Design Trends For Your Landscaping
You’ve purchased your mulch and other landscaping accessories for the new season but something is missing. Maybe you...
Playground Mulch Offers a Softer Surface
Playgrounds are a lot of fun – that is until a child takes a tumble off a swing set or a slide. But when a playground...
3 Easier Alternatives to a Backyard Pond
Your yard needs water. Of course, if you have grass and plants, requires a nice sprinkling on a regular basis. But you...
5 Ways to Use Your Leftover Mulch
Finished spreading this season’s mulch but still have some to spare? Look at that leftover pile as a golden...
Grass Alternatives: When You Want the Lawn to be Gone
Whether you’re selling, buying, or just staying put, curb appeal is likely among your top considerations when it comes...
Working with Mulch: Tricks of the Trade
What’s so hard about mulch? You shovel some around your plants and bushes, and that’s it, right? Not exactly. There...
Which Mulch Should I Use?
As warmer temperatures inspire us to leave our indoor cocoons, thoughts turn to the annual ritual of landscape mulch....
Beautify Your Yard With These Shade-Loving Plants
There’s nothing like a backyard filled with trees to give you much-needed relief during the blazing months of summer....
Which Type of Mulch Is Right for Your Landscape?
It’s time to choose some mulch for your landscape. But which kind do you choose? Bark or wood? Black or Red? Pebbles...
What Mulch Does for Your Landscape
Have you ever wondered why we use mulch? It can seem like an awful lot of work…and wasn’t always the norm. However,...
Do I Need to Mulch Every Year and How Much Mulch Should I Put Down?
Your landscape beds are cleaned out, the lawn is mowed and now it is time for that annual rite of passage here in the...
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