[NAFEX] Growing Mulch

Jim Fruth jimfruth at charter.net
Wed Mar 24 09:33:58 EDT 2010


    My experience with growing mulch was to wait until a nearby swamp had 
frozen over.  Then, with scythe in hand, I mowed the tall swamp grass. 
Swamp grass was an ideal mulch because (undispersed) seeds of swamp grass 
wouldn't grow on upland soil, rainwater passed through it and it lasted a 
bit longer than straw or hay.  I spread it before the snows came.  When it 
became to plant the garden, the mulch was pulled aside to form rows. Once 
the plants were up, the pulled-aside mulch was pressed against the plants to 
prevent weeds from emerging.

Jim Fruth
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