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Re: Mulch

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On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 12:22:53 EDT, Dustynews@aol.com , late of Pablo
Fanques Fair wrote:

>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>Someone over the weekend suggested that I mulch my vegtable garden, to help 
>control weeds and keep the ground cool.
>
>What is a good mulch to use, I see like 10 brands at the nursery?
>
>Any suggestions, I have tomatoes, eggplant, herbs, summer-squash, peppers(hot 
>kind), and broccoli in the vegatable bed.  I have a separated one with 
>strawberries.

My township lets me have free woodchips, all I can cart away. Since
there is a good deal of leaves and such mixed in, it is really a
combination of mulch and compost. You can often find this free from
city and county officials, or from utilities, because the source is
tree limbs and such that need to be cut back.


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