RE: what kind of mulch???

I was watching some TV garden show where they used shredded rubber
mulch. They were congratulating themselves because of the recycling
aspects but I just couldn't fathom why you'd want to put rubber into
your soil. I don't know how gardening works there but at my house, bits
of mulch sink into the soil as I dig or gets raked into the lawn, or
just moves around. Sounded like a seriously bad idea to me.
Or there's the colored glass mulch I saw in a magazine, but I think you
were supposed to put landscape fabric down first.

Cyndi

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Theresa G.
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:32 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] what kind of mulch???

Yes- really I just don't want to use anything that is bad for my soil
(those weird colored wood chips just freak me out- who wants dye in
their garden!)

Theresa

Kitty wrote:
> " good for the soil, won't breakdown in only one
> season, "
>
> oximoron
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa G."
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> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:52 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] what kind of mulch???
>
>
>> Spring is here!  If they'd had tomato plants at Capital Nursery, I
>> would have bought them today : )
>>
>> Anyway-  I want to mulch my gardens well this year (trying to save
>> money on the water bill!)- so looking for advice.  What kind of much
>> is best for water conservation, good for the soil, won't breakdown in

>> only one season, etc.???  Shredded, nuggets, bark, cedar,
>> redwood?????  Anybody know anything about this?
>>
>> Theresa
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