Why do they insist on piling it on?

There has been a near media blitz this year informing Kansas City Gardeners. However while looking at an Overland park landscape last week I saw more mulch volcanoes.

I can fin no excuse that there are professional landscaping companies out there who still continue to pile mulch around trees. It make me very sad to know that there continues to be companies and residents who are having there landscaping ruined by either ignorant or careless landscapers.

Here you can see the results

Notice how the bark has already started to rot away. The darker color indicated the bark that was dying and ready to peel off. Additionally, the picture doesn’t show it well. However there were also multiple insect holes in the bark under the mulch.