Pea straw from your garden centre is probably the most practical mulch around. I have found it lets rain in, keeps evaporation out and weeds down.
It breaks down to fertilizer pretty quickly, and gets topped up every year. I have used it with a newspaper layer underneath on my mother’s garden in the countryside to keep down weeds, and every veggie, flower and shrub planted there survives without watering.
But if its shaggy, Old MacDonald look doesn’t go with the image you and your plants want to create, no wonder you keep on forgetting to mulch. It would be like Hessian underwear beneath a slinky silk gown.
learn about benefits of organic food and gardening with a trip to local worm farm and local supermarket..
Health blog // Mar 9, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Gain back your health…
Information on how to stop smoking…