How--And--Why----To Mulch The Heck...

[boggybranch]

.....out of Your Vegetable Garden.

http://www.rodale.com/garden-mulch?cm_mmc=DailyNewsNL-_-2010_06_10-_-Top5-_-NA

 

[ducks4you]

You ALWAYS come up with great online articles--SSOO helpful this time of year--I already use grass clippings for mulching because I never treat my lawn.

 

[lesa]

Great article! I am mulching for the first time this year. I always had a bad weed problem along the edge of my garden. I laid down about 4 inches of straw. What a difference. The few weeds I get, are very easy to pull. Also mulching under the tomatoes, in the hopes of preventing blight.

 

[Southern Gardener]

I mulched this year for the first time, and boy has it mad my life easier and the garden more enjoyable!

 

[vfem]

Yep, I mulched like there was no tomorrow.

Including out by the wood line we cleared last year. I've piled on chicken coop clean outs, old straw, grass clippings and my neighbor dumped leaves. This is all I couldn't fit in the compost. Now the soil by the wood line is a deep black and I've helped choke out the non-native plants and my coneflowers, blanket flowers, flowering tobacco and cosmos are thriving out there now!!! My Rhodedendreas have gotten HUGE quickly too!!! Mulch in turn becomes compost and compost can be mulch, and it is so helpful its amazing!

I can't see a down side? Isn't nature amazing!!!