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Re: what mulch to use...

>Good day everyone....
>
>Well my garden here in South Carolina seems to be doing rather well, 
but 
>I'm at an impasse as to what mulch to use.  As most of you know I'm new 
to 
>gardening and I'm trying my best to grow a green thumb...
>
>I'm currently growing tomatoes, bell peppers, crookneck summer squash, 
>pumpkins, watermelons and cucumbers.  I know the common mulches seem to 
be 
>straw and pine straw, but I figured the folks on this list might have 
other 
>information.  By the way I do not really have any quality grass 
clippings 
>to use.
>
>Keith Emery
Rotting stram and pine straw are fine mulches to use in a garden.  But I 
would avoid using grass clipping from your yard.  Also, sawdust makes a 
wonderful mulch.  That is what I am using in my garden.

"What is mulching" --Groo the Wanderer.


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William Scarbrough
45 Angela Trail
Batesville Ar, 72501
University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville
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