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Saturday on the Farm – Mulch

May 19, 2013 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 10 Comments

Using mulch in the garden has many benefits. It helps control weeds, meaning less work for you. It helps to keep the ground moister, meaning you have to water less, thereby conserving water. I’ve listed a few of the many choices below.  A Pinterest search will bring up a plethora of mulch pictures. I’ve included a few pictures of the mulch we’ve used our gardens over the years.

 

Mulch

Grass Clippings – puts lots of nitrogen back into the soil, use just cut grass and layer about 6 inches deep. As long as it’s deep enough, the grass won’t start growing. The picture below is the grass clippings between the fences we grow green beans on.

grass clipping mulch
Bark – store bought, or gather your own

Rock – different kinds – my inlaws use lava rock in some of their flower gardens. It’s lasted for years

Hay, straw, or dried grass – You don’t have to layer dried as deep as fresh cut grass. 3 inches or so will stop the weeds. Gather your own dried grasses, or get hay bales from your neighbors for free when they take down the fall displays in their yards.

dried grass mulch

Newspaper and magazines

Brown paper bags, or packing paper

Rubber

Cardboard

Nut shell mulch – a great option if you have nut trees

Sawdust – A frugal option if you know a woodworker, or live near a saw mill. If your town or city shreds Christmas trees or when they trim back the trees in your neighborhood, you can often get the the shredded trees for free.

Branches or twigs – break the pieces as small as you want, or leave them longer. You can do this by hand, although a chipper-shredder will make the job faster. I don’t have one, so I do it by hand. That’s why the twigs are longer. lol

twig branch mulch

Shell mulch – a perfect option if you life near a beach

Pinecones

Pine needles

Leaves

leaf mulch

As you can tell from my pictures, I prefer the more frugal, natural options for mulch. Whatever mulch you choose, you should put something under it, instead of the mulch directly on the ground. Using the store bought black weed barriers that are available, newspaper, or cardboard, will help to control the weeds better. I also use magazines under the mulch. If your using natural options for mulch, using a barrier underneath it will extend the life of the mulch longer than putting the mulch directly on the ground.

The natural mulches are cheaper, and will put nutrients back into the soil. The rocks, rubber mulch, or shells won’t to be replaced as often as the other mulches.

The mulch you choose will depend on your budget, the look your going for, and your goals for the mulch.

 

 

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  1. Beth says

    May 21, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    I enjoyed your informative post, Linda. We use pine needles as they work well, look great, and we get them free from our neighbor! Rock is real hard to dig in…there was a lot of river rock in our gardens when we moved here.

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    • Deb says

      May 23, 2013 at 9:14 pm

      Hi Linda, I L-O-V-E mulch! We get a big dump truck load each spring…but I have to say that it’s getting harder and harder for me each year to work so hard putting it down. But I still love it all. All my flower beds benefit greatly from it. i never thought about putting down old magazines under the mulch. Thanks for the advice!

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  7. Charlotte says

    May 31, 2017 at 4:05 pm

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