Landscape Bed Reset with Fresh Mulch and Bullet Edging

Old mulch has a way of making an otherwise nice home look rough. It breaks down, fades out, and weeds start pushing through. The beds lose their shape. The whole front of the house starts to look tired - even if the house itself is in great shape. That's exactly what we were working with here.

We started by pulling out the old material and laying down fresh landscape fabric as a base. From there, we installed bullet edging all the way around the beds - both the front foundation beds and the large wraparound bed framing the tree in the yard. That edging is what gives everything that clean, defined line between the lawn and the bed. It holds its shape, it doesn't shift, and it keeps maintenance a lot easier going forward.

Once the foundation was set, we topped it all off with dark brown mulch. The color contrast it creates against the green lawn and the gray edging is sharp. It makes the whole front of the home look intentional and put together. Dark brown mulch also tends to hold its color longer than lighter options, so you're not looking at faded tan mulch by midsummer.

What makes this kind of work worth doing right is the prep underneath. Skipping the fabric and just dumping fresh mulch on top of old material is a shortcut that costs you more time and money down the road. We strip it out, start clean, and build it back up the right way. The beds end up looking better and staying that way longer.