Re: Today in the Garden

Picky is the problem here also.  I tried using bulk
mulch twice, both times were a disaster. The first
time I attributed it to me not asking for the right
stuff, but the second time really pissed me off, as I
brought a sample of what I wanted.  One of our clients
is a wholesaler of mulch, so actually I can get as
much as I want for free delivered.

Anyways, I watch for the year end sales of the bagged
type I like. (western mini-chunk bark) I leave it in
the back area till the following year. By then, any
seeds or nonsense has died off being heated up in
those plastic bags. (which I reuse for hualing out
weeds)

I am sure there are other types that work better or
last longer.  Personally found that this doesn't blow
away (which used to be a problem here in the spring),
and decomposes nicely into the soil.

So what does everyone else use?

Donna 




--- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:

> Mulch is cheaper by the load here, but not an option
> for me.  I don't have a 
> truck to pick it up; delivery on everything is
> getting more and more 
> expensive.  And I have no place to dump it anyway. 
> Even if I could solve 
> those issues, no one sells the kind I use in bulk. 
> There are perhaps a 
> dozen kinds available, but I've never seen pine
> offered in bulk.
> 
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan"
> <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 5:43 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Today in the Garden
> 
> 
> > Donna, isn't it much cheaper in your area to buy
> mulch by the truck load
> > instead of in bags?  I would go broke purchasing
> in bags!
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> [o*@hort.net] On 
> > Behalf
> > Of Donna
> > Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:03 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Today in the Garden
> >
> > Well I see you found your computer..amazing what
> you find when you clean 
> > out
> > the home office. :)
> >
> > Sorry you didn't get a chance to work more in your
> garden with the tour
> > coming up. Gotta add some stress there!
> >
> > Hopefully tomorrow you will have my today weather.
> It was wonderful 
> > hanging
> > right at 80 and I spent the entire day out there.
> >
> > I can actually see the end of weeding in site. Was
> debating if that would
> > ever happen....Got one bed left to go, so if the
> weather man is wrong and 
> > it
> > doesn't rain, I will tackle that tomorrow. Besides
> weeding, I have been
> > fertalizing and mulching, to the turn of 35 bags
> already....Only got 5 
> > left,
> > hopefully that will be enough. I have been
> analizing and moving/planting
> > stuff as I went along... Did see some areas that
> need plants and noted 
> > which
> > season was missing. More on that later...
> >
> > Oh, once again I have two plants that escape
> me....
> >
> > I did make a mistake and opened the shed door
> tonight... sigh, another 
> > mess.
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Chris Petersen <chris@widom-assoc.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> We are having a major downpour at the moment.  I
> worked in the garden
> >> through the light rain, but quit when it came
> down hard. I literally
> >> was coated with mud!  I spent the time
> alternating with pulling
> >> invasive Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'
> >>
> >
>
(http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/TMI/Plantlist/ho_rdata.html)
> >>
> >> and trimming back overgrown shrubs. After about
> three hours, I was
> >> drenched as the water just ran down my slicker
> and soaked my shorts. I
> >> had to resort to straightening up my home office
> at task that I had
> >> been trying to avoid for ages!
> >>
> >> It was too wet to take pictures in the garden and
> there were some nice
> >> clumps in bloom. Instead, I leaned out the door
> on the deck and took a
> >> photo of a container garden under the eaves:
> >>
> >
>
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/chrispnpt/detail?.dir=e995&.dnm=d185.jpg.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tomorrow it better clear up or else I'll have to
> tackle the bills and
> >> junk mail in the kitchen!
> >>
> >> Chris Petersen
> >> Northport, Long Island, New York
> >>  Zone 7a (Average min temp 50 - 00)
> >>
> >> chris@widom-assoc.com
> >> My garden: http://photos.yahoo.com/chrispnpt
> >>
> >>
> >
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