The city's Christmas Tree recycling program officially ended today. They encourage folks to pick up the mulch from the ground up trees. By the looks of what I saw at Hubbards Lane, there is plenty to pick up. From the photo you can see that it is not finely ground. We'll see how it performs as mulch over the season. More on the City of Louisville's program can be found on their website.
It is preferred to have an acid-based mulch for our area due to the clayey, limestone soil we have. Acid can brake down the ions in the clay to make more nutrients available (and the soil more tilable). And the acid can balance out the pH in our alkaline soils.
