What do you do for mulch?
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Comments (6)I used straw in my garden which is just 20 feet from our back door. Bad idea. House finches and sparrows are using it as an unending supply of nesting material. We are on the third clutch of chicks for the finches. Several of their nests were flimsy the piles of straw have fallen or blown onto our deck, entry area and into the pool. What a mess. oldroser, is there a commercial name for that biodegradable black mulch you mentioned? Where did you purchase it? I'd like to try it....See MoreWhat do I do with mulch from last fall??
Comments (4)Agree. Assuming your garden layout is semi-permanent just rake back the straw, punch a hole in the paper and plant. No need to remove it just layer new mulch on top. If, on the other hand you must till/rearrange/etc. the bed then just till it in. Be sure to add additional N fertilizer of some kind to compensate for the tilled in carbons. Dave...See MoreGarden questions since it is too hot to actually garden.
Comments (4)My little Japanese maple, type unknown since my landscape guy took the tag with him, is suffering like yours Faye, with curling leaves and quite stressed looking. This is its first summer and it was planted in late June, so I dare not move it. It is so hot in the little rock garden where it's planted that I can't stand there in the afternoon. I just hope it will make it. The other little plants they put there, some boxwoods and azaleas and a rhodie, all look "ok". They have at least put on some growth in the month they've been out there, but everything is suffering. Our new lawn looks as barren as a lunar landscape. Last night it went down to 59, but right now it's 95. I guess we're all going to have to be patient, but I'm ready for Fall. I hope you get some answers on the disc question. Our front area was terribly compacted by the construction, and I'm looking for some way to help restore it. Best of luck to you on your projects....See MoreWhat mulch and soil amendments do you use?
Comments (25)Thank you all. There's a lot to learn from your comments. I live in an urban residential area and, while I wish I can use some of the creative organic solutions with manure, I'm afraid it's not possible for me given the proximity of our lots. That said, I'm encouraged to learn that horse manure is less smelly because we can get it for free in our area. Great to hear that many of you are using leaves and I keep scratching my head why I haven't thought of it sooner instead of wasting on their cleanup and collection. It sounds that roses are not too selective about the mulch material which will make it fun and interesting to experiment by rotating between them. The only trouble is that whatever decomposes faster and amends the soil also encourages weeds, but underplanting our roses more densely with perennials might be the way to control it....See Morelindalana 5b Chicago
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