Birch Bed

20-05-09

ACTIVITIES: Remulch birch bed. Over the next 3 days it was decided that we should remulch the birch bed in front of the carpark. The first task was to pull out most of the existing weeds.

Any of the weeds containing seed heads were bagged so the seeds would not spread.

The weeds then taken up to the top area to be mulched. They were placed on the ground and run over with the lawn mower and then placed on the mulch pile.

Any weeds that were left were flattened down. The existing border around the bed was also redifined to give it a new shape and look. The bed was the raked and smoothed out as much as possible. The next step was to add gypsom over the entire bed to increase the pH. Approx 195 grams per square metre of soil was sprinkled over the bed. We then placed flattened out cardboard over the whole bed, this would stop most new and existing weeds from coming up through the garden bed.

The final step was to place down mulch over the bed aprrox 100mm thick.

The final result looked fantastic and gave the birch bed a new lease of life.

TOOLS: Spades, wheelbarrows, hoes, rakes, buckets, mattocks.

PPE: Safety boots, gloves, long pants and sleeves.

OH&S: Muscular, mattocks, eyes