Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Harvey Ussery <boxwood@nelsoncable.com>]

> This year in our new location we were able to cut irrigation
> to one-fourth of previous gardens, simply with permanent, framed beds and
> mulch and better amended soil.  ~paul

Paul, can you expand on your sources of mulching materials, please. I do 
more mulching all the time, but end up buying too much imported straw. I 
have maybe 3/4 of an acre in pasture sod, and in the spring take a heavy 
cutting for excellent mulch. But I often cannot get a decent cutting 
later in the season, especially if it's dry. In other words, there's 
never enough mulch, and I have a lot more ground to gather cut materials 
from than many gardeners.

It would be great if folks who grow more of their own mulching plants 
would share some of their experiences/ideas.

Thanks.

~Harvey

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Harvey in northern Va
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