Bark

BEAUTY BARK, CEDAR FINES, PLAY CHIPS, COMPOST & NUTRA-MULCH

Cedar Ridge Materials sells traditional medium and fine grind Beauty bark, Cedar fines, Cedar play chips, Compost, and Nutra-Mulch. All products are available on a U-haul or we deliver basis. Our minimum U-haul load is one cubic yard. We can deliver any size load, but a 10 to 15 cubic yard delivery is the most cost effective option for the home consumer.

 

Beauty bark is an important maintenance component for many landscape designs. Traditional beauty bark is manufactured from the bark of fir and hemlock trees. Medium grind beauty bark is larger in size and reddish-brown in color, while fine grind is smaller in size and darker in color.

 

Cedar fines are ground from entire Red Cedar trees. The Cedar fines have an aromatic cedar smell, protect against weed growth, and help keep insects away. They are a long-lasting and reddish-brown in color.

 

Cedar play chips are traditionally used as a ground cover for play areas, though they can also be a design component of your overall landscaping. Cedar chips are larger in size and typically of a white/yellow/amber hue.

 

Compost is manufactured by area composters from yard waste and organic materials such as leaves, grass clippings, brush, and chipped wood debris. The organic material is typically composted at 130° F to destroy weed seeds and plant pathogens. Compost is blackish in color. In addition to selling pure compost, Palmer also mixes varying amounts of the same compost into our Four-way mix topsoil, our 50%-50% Sand-Compost mix topsoil, and into Nutru-Mulch.

 

Nutra-Mulch is 50% fine beauty bark and 50% compost. Nutra-Mulch not only suppresses weed growth but through the beneficial soil-food web it nourishes soil and enables plants to thrive. Evaporation is minimized which helps to retain soil moisture – meaning less watering. For best results, apply 3 – 4 inches thick keeping it shallow next to the trunks of trees or shrubs. It can serve as either a ground cover or a soil amendment.

 

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