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Re: mulching suggestions?

If you want a mulch that does more than keep down weeds and conserve moisture
then use rich organic matter like alfafa, pea straw, hay, etc.  This mimics
nature's cycle of feeding the soil by laying down dead material.  Several inches
will decompose down a thin layer in a season, easily turned into the soil come
fall or the following spring.  Your earthworms will show their approval my
multiplying prodigiously.

Yes, you can add weed seeds to gardens if you have weedly bales, so you want to
be discriminating about what you use.  If you happen to get a few more weeds
afterwards just keep mulching and cover them up! :-)

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  |     Bob Carter     | Kootenay Bay
  |  bcarter@awinc.com | BC, Canada
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