When my wife came home today, she got mad that I had wrecked our front garden. I don't necessarily consider myself a professional or even a good gardener, more of a hobbyist willing to make mistakes.

So my approach for mulch has always been to disturb the existing a bit, spread it out and then water afterwards. I generally don't remove any mulch unless there was a rot or disease problem.

The criticism was that I didn't remove the old mulch. Now to ensure peace in the household I am raking up the new and old mulch. I'll put down fresh mulch. So sanity check, did I mess this up?