Sarah Ewing wrote : "I also used to mulch with sawdust from our local mills
and I also used to make a doughnut of animal bedding out from the bases of
all my trees. I discovered the hard way that that trees aren't the only
living things that loved what I was doing. Won't do either of those things
ever again."
I mulch my apple trees with shredded raspberry canes mixed with shredded
tree branches. I apply it about 2-3" thick and haven't had any problem with
girdled trees. But then, it could be that my cats solve the problem of
rodents because they keep themselves well fed.
Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Fruit Farm
4002 Davis Street
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
1-218-831-7018 (My Cell)
[NAFEX] How about raspberry cane mulch?,
Jim Fruth, 05/24/2011