tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301079989388120673.post4155017640734536525..comments2024-03-24T09:02:10.160-04:00Comments on Gardening Naturally with Claudia: Mulch–Choices that Affect the Soilgardeningnaturallywithclaudia.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02882800588574623808noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301079989388120673.post-57639934171387547002013-04-14T14:58:03.701-04:002013-04-14T14:58:03.701-04:00We did use some bales of straw, but now we simply ...We did use some bales of straw, but now we simply spread the prunings that go thru the shredder, on any exposed patches between the plants.<br />Later when we are removing the lawn in the next garden, we'll try the newspaper trick.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301079989388120673.post-76671148816879694392013-04-09T12:54:05.654-04:002013-04-09T12:54:05.654-04:00Thanks for sharing, Lee! You have helped me!
Thanks for sharing, Lee! You have helped me!<br />Anastasia Abboudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461842616822341008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301079989388120673.post-12142383203239206152013-04-07T09:27:54.821-04:002013-04-07T09:27:54.821-04:00Hi Claudia,
great post. I use multiple mulches: u...Hi Claudia,<br /><br />great post. I use multiple mulches: under the pine trees, I add extra pine straw, and cultivate epimedium, pulmonaria, hellebore, and asarum europaeum. In the other landscape beds, I use shredded hardwood bark. In my rock garden, I use gravel and rocks, as well as creeping ground covers as living mulch, and in the vegetable garden, I use newspaper covered with grass Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17359698732928728121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301079989388120673.post-63266510224642480982013-04-03T20:53:49.543-04:002013-04-03T20:53:49.543-04:00I like wood mulch in the front beds but in the bac...I like wood mulch in the front beds but in the back, I use the leaves that fall in autumn...they break down naturally, add a lot to the soil and are great for wildlifeDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420133886162844400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301079989388120673.post-28374997945084229022013-04-03T11:46:05.857-04:002013-04-03T11:46:05.857-04:00Hi, Claudia! Thank you for the fantastic, informa...Hi, Claudia! Thank you for the fantastic, informative post! I have a complicated relationship with mulch. Sometimes it seems the weeds grow right on top of it while the seeds I wish to sow would not grow at all. So I struggle as to when to add it, although it's usually in Spring and maybe again in Fall, maybe not. Also an question -- if a bed is densely planted with mostly native plants,Anastasia Abboudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461842616822341008noreply@blogger.com