Garden Bark Blowing About

[scottpetrie]

Hi,
I recently laid bark in my borders but, not thinking at the time, it has been blowing about onto the lawn, path, and neighbours drive. Not a lot, but enough to annoy me! Any suggestions how to help avoid this? I was thinking wet it with the hose and stamp it down?
Thanks

 

[blup]

The self weight of any mulch should hold it down, maybe add additional layers. But a strong Aberdonian wind will surely win.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I tried to use it, alongside my drive, the wind just blew it away in no time. I eventually replaced it with gravel.

 

[aveatry]

Blackbirds - that's what I blame, its surprising how much they can chuck stuff about looking for food espicually this time of year raising chicks.

 

[scottpetrie]

Yep its frustrating. Looking at it, its not much lower than the grass height so maybe I need to deepen the border so there a bit of a step. Blackbirds are a nightmare, they chuck it all over the path then thats how it ends up blowing away. Maybe edging stones are an idea?

 

[Fred Blogs]

I used this stuff to hold my errant pebbles in place. I don't know whether it would work for bark but I don't see why not.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Z4SWCHT?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

 

[Munroast]

Blackbirds - that's what I blame, its surprising how much they can chuck stuff about looking for food espicually this time of year raising chicks.

a few years back I made a very perjink little gravel path and done the border in bark - it looked ever so correct. the next morning it was all ruined someone had kicked most of the bark ontop of the gravel path - or indeed it was Mrs Blackbird searching for bugs under the bark - chucked all the stuff she didn't want onto the gravel

 

[jj4091]

I used this stuff to hold my errant pebbles in place. I don't know whether it would work for bark but I don't see why not.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Z4SWCHT?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

Say's it will on the write up and packaging.

 

[scottpetrie]

Thats maybe a shout but says it takes 72hrs to set. Im not sure the wind or birds would wait! Ill maybe try wetting it and compressing it down a bit

 

[scbk]

What grade of bark is it? Larger tends to blow about less