My front yard is completely unusable after my husband made a rookie mistake
A woman came home with a nasty shock after her husband accidentally accepted several piles of mulch from a lopper, leaving her house ‘barely visible’ behind the giant piles.
Fiona, from New South Wales, said her husband was on an important work visit when he agreed to have the mulch put down.
The man did not confirm how much would be unloaded and was also surprised by the sheer amount of eucalyptus and pine mixture.
Tree mulch usually consists of dead plant material such as compost, leaves, bark and grass.
‘They say it’s going to be a hot summer. Protect your plants and trees now!’ she wrote in an attempt to get her neighbors to take some from her.
A woman came home to a nasty shock when she realized her husband had accidentally accepted several piles of mulch from a lopper, leaving her home ‘barely visible’.
Tree mulch also protects the soil from erosion, suppresses weeds and moderates extreme temperatures.
It can also be used for flower beds, vegetable gardens, compost, filling holes and more.
“My husband made the rookie mistake of taking a load of mulch from a lopper when we were away from home… the result is I can barely see my house because of all the wood chips,” Fiona said alongside a photo of her front garden.
Many laughed along with Fiona, and a few shared similar tales of woe.
“We were walking by and saw it the other day and wondered if you were building the addition with mulch,” one neighbor wrote.
“This happens a lot… and it’s clearly more than one drop, so it was definitely intentional!” said another.
“Oh honey, I know a few people who got stung by the loppers, including myself,” one woman said.
But some warned against leaving it in the front yard for too long.
‘Be careful, there is a fire hazard around houses. Best used outside homes!’ said a man.
“As a bonus, you’ll get loads of unwanted plants in your garden, and termites love that,” wrote a second.