{"id":470,"date":"2006-06-05T16:17:32","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T23:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oclandscape.com.previewdns.com\/ocblog\/?p=470"},"modified":"2024-04-06T14:51:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T21:51:51","slug":"more-alternative-mulches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/more-alternative-mulches\/","title":{"rendered":"More Alternative Mulches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s another look at alternative mulches, after last weeks look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/archives\/2006\/05\/glass_mulch_in.html\">recycled glass mulch<\/a>. In addition to glass, there are a few other recycled materials that give a different look than bark or gravel. Recycled rubber mulch is an interesting alternative mulch. It is available either as a simulated mulch, designed to look like wood chips, or in pieces looking like ground rubber. Consumer Reports looked at the benefits and differences of rubber mulch with traditional wood mulch.<\/p>\n<p>There are some questions about the long term effects of mulches made out recycled tires that contain other chemicals that may leach into the soil.<\/p>\n<p>There are other alternatives out there too, like recycled screws or nut\/grain hulls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalmulch.com\/\">International Mulch<\/a><br \/>\nAmerican Rubber Mulch <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/archives\/2006\/06\/more_alternativ.html#comments\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s another look at alternative mulches, after last weeks look at recycled glass mulch. In addition to glass, there are a few other recycled materials that give a different look than bark or gravel. Recycled rubber mulch is an interesting alternative mulch. It is available either as a simulated mulch, designed to look like wood &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/more-alternative-mulches\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More Alternative Mulches<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3808,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/3808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}