If you’ve ever traipsed through a forest you’ve no doubt noticed how leaves or pine nettles covering the floor provide a soft cushion to walk on in addition to beautiful ground cover. Though you may not have realized it, you were walking on nature’s own mulch – a product of millions of years of experimentation and evolution conducted by nature to arrive at the perfect method for replenishing the soil with organic material, retaining moisture and defending from incursion by weeds.

If you’ve ever traipsed through a forest you’ve no doubt noticed how leaves or pine nettles covering the floor provide a soft cushion to walk on in addition to beautiful ground cover. Though you may not have realized it, you were walking on nature’s own mulch – a product of millions of years of experimentation and evolution conducted by nature to arrive at the perfect method for replenishing the soil with organic material, retaining moisture and defending from incursion by weeds.