{"id":40,"date":"2015-05-20T18:30:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T18:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/?p=40"},"modified":"2016-03-28T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T15:29:48","slug":"why-add-bark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/why-add-bark\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should I Add Bark?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bark-dust-application.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bark-dust-application.jpg?resize=797%2C639&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"bark dust application\" width=\"797\" height=\"639\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bark-dust-application.jpg?w=880&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bark-dust-application.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Conserve Water<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bark mulch\u00a0provides a protective top layer that reduces water evaporation from the ground, which makes it ideal for our high desert climate. It also holds in moisture and helps regulate soil temperature, keeping plants from drying out too quickly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weed Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bark also increases the soil acidity which makes it a powerful natural weed control. Wood chips or bark mulch also shade the soil, preventing most weeds from getting the sunlight they need to germinate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curb Appeal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bark is an effective way to highlight your landscape and create a dramatic backdrop for your lawn, trees, shrubs and flowers. There are a variety of\u00a0colors available to highlight your home&#8217;s paint and style. You can view some locally available color options <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instantlandscaping.com\/#!barkmulch\/c1h3r\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more photos, check out our portfolio <a title=\"Portfolio\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/portfolio\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-390 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_7161.jpg?resize=797%2C598&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_7161\" width=\"797\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_7161.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_7161.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_7161.jpg?w=1594&amp;ssl=1 1594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_7161.jpg?w=2391&amp;ssl=1 2391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Conserve Water Bark mulch\u00a0provides a protective top layer that reduces water evaporation from the ground, which makes it ideal for our high desert climate. It also holds in moisture and helps regulate soil temperature, keeping plants from drying out too quickly. Weed Control Bark also increases the soil acidity which makes it a powerful natural weed control. Wood chips or&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/why-add-bark\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdlandscape3.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}