Comments on: Do you put mulch on your garden beds? http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/08/14/do-you-put-mulch-on-your-garden-beds/ What's blooming today? Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bed Guards http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/08/14/do-you-put-mulch-on-your-garden-beds/#comment-12460 Bed Guards Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:39:43 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/08/14/do-you-put-mulch-on-your-garden-beds/#comment-12460 I discovered this post a little while back and went away and mulched and I'm really pleased with the results. I'm amazed at the effect its had on the weeds. I discovered this post a little while back and went away and mulched and I’m really pleased with the results. I’m amazed at the effect its had on the weeds.

]]> By: Kate http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/08/14/do-you-put-mulch-on-your-garden-beds/#comment-5625 Kate Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:25:26 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/08/14/do-you-put-mulch-on-your-garden-beds/#comment-5625 This is the first year I didn't mulch. Not at all. Not even one little piece of bark. We were cash-strapped at the beginning of spring, time-strapped at the beginning of summer and now just energy-strapped with the temps being what they are. My plants look awful, but my plans for <em>next</em> year look good. :) This is the first year I didn’t mulch. Not at all. Not even one little piece of bark. We were cash-strapped at the beginning of spring, time-strapped at the beginning of summer and now just energy-strapped with the temps being what they are.

My plants look awful, but my plans for next year look good. :)

]]> By: Val Webb http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/08/14/do-you-put-mulch-on-your-garden-beds/#comment-5604 Val Webb Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:28:00 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/08/14/do-you-put-mulch-on-your-garden-beds/#comment-5604 Here in on the subtropical Gulf Coast in south Alabama, mulch is pretty much a necessity. I use hay, buying the bales that are not good enough quality for livestock feed. If you put enough down -- six to eight inches deep -- any stray grass seeds in the hay won't germinate. It has worked well for me. By the way, your blog is lovely! Here in on the subtropical Gulf Coast in south Alabama, mulch is pretty much a necessity. I use hay, buying the bales that are not good enough quality for livestock feed. If you put enough down — six to eight inches deep — any stray grass seeds in the hay won’t germinate. It has worked well for me. By the way, your blog is lovely!

]]> By: Malin (Indoor Gardener) http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/08/14/do-you-put-mulch-on-your-garden-beds/#comment-5594 Malin (Indoor Gardener) Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:48:26 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/08/14/do-you-put-mulch-on-your-garden-beds/#comment-5594 Mulching is big in swedish gardening right now. Another promoted method is to cover the ground entirely in plants. Both are said to solve the drying problem. The only backdrop is that some mulching materials are popular breeding grounds for slugs, and we are experiencing a spanish slug 'invasion' right now. Mulching is big in swedish gardening right now. Another promoted method is to cover the ground entirely in plants. Both are said to solve the drying problem. The only backdrop is that some mulching materials are popular breeding grounds for slugs, and we are experiencing a spanish slug ‘invasion’ right now.

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