Market Farming

[Andy Fellenz <artisanfarms AT gmail.com>]

One year's experience with wheat really isn't enough to say for certain whether it provides the same "dead air" space.  However, with the exception of weeding out the wheat in the spring, I was happy with how the mulch worked.  My strawberries were happy and healthy when we raked the mulch off of them in the spring.  

Andy

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:12 PM, <grizzdover AT gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Andy,

I've also experienced the oat seed (from the straw) germinating in the spring, but it is pretty easy to pull before the new plants go to seed.  I've accepted that regardless of what kind of straw I use, I will have some new "weeds" to pull next year.  Do you feel like the wheat straw maintained the same "dead air" space that oat straw does over the winter?

Ben Saunders
Turtle Farm
Certified Organic Fruits, Veggies and Herbs
Granger, Iowa
www.turtle-farm.com