Am I doing the wrong thing? Do larger bark chips last longer than smaller ones? I know many landscape architects use AutoCAD, so what say you? Are larger chips a better investment? Here’s my personal story.
Apparently I have become a connoisseur of bark chips. I am no longer a fan of the medium sized chips:
For years, I have always gotten my gardening supplies at Home Depot. They have good prices. The problem with this approach is that it’s a crap shoot. I never know what they will have in stock until I get there. When in pursuit of bark chips, I have always walked away from the painted ones (red or brown) but have been comfortable purchasing the natural chips in the small or medium size. For the last year, I had been buying the small ones. For this last trip, Home Depot only had the medium sized, so I went with it. After only being in place for a week, I regretted my decision and decided to remedy it.
So I removed the old chips:
Luckily, there was an area behind our…