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[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

Kevin,

kevin s wrote:

> so, what is the largest area of sheet mulch beds that folks have going?
I've seen a half-acre in solid whole strawbales that rotted down 
beautifully, and in Slovenia saw 2 acres being mulched with the 
hand-scythed yield from 4 acres of very species-complex meadow, also to 
brilliant effect.

> we are planning on cutting the 'stumps' off flush to the ground, and 
> then covering them with cardboard and waste vegetable oil (i have a 
> lot because i run a car on it) hoping! that nothing can get thru
Consider that regrowth from those stumps can yield lovely mulchable 
material (often fodder, too). If you have large woody material (wider in 
diameter that your wrist and up) consider hugelkultur, involving burying 
the material under mulch and / or soil. Determine first whether it might 
grow roots if you bury it green or whether drying it a bit might be advised.

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