Blanketing the Garden for a Long Winter’s Slumber
While there’s still a little harvesting yet in store, for the most part the garden has wound down and settled in for rest until spring.
While there’s still a little harvesting yet in store, for the most part the garden has wound down and settled in for rest until spring.
Yesterday Marcy Tate joined us to cover the benefits of using mulch in the garden. Today she returns to follow up with details on some
This article on the carefree benefits of using mulch in the garden and around the landscape is a guest post by Marcy Tate: Garden mulch
Recently I outlined the limits that I set when mulching the veggie garden. But I do away with all reservations when it comes to my
A visitor browsing through photos of the garden was curious and inquired into the types of mulch and the various techniques that are employed to
I received a question recently regarding using newspaper as a mulch to control weed growth in the garden. Diane made the following inquiry: “I was wondering what you think about using layers of newspaper covered with straw as weed control. We have such a prolific weed problem in our community garden that straw alone does not work and I refuse to resort to black plastic as many other garden members have done for understandable reasons.”
Straw mulches can serve many beneficial functions in the home garden. Straw is inexpensive and readily obtainable from garden centers, or even more economically from
Gardening is a wonderful gift that I’ve developed the hard way… through trial and error! I hope to share the incredible lessons learned and make things a lot easier for you out in the organic vegetable garden.
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