Re:sawdust was: two slightly off topic queries
- Subject: Re:sawdust was: two slightly off topic queries
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 04:50:31 -0400
Well, I'm not sure how grand that would be. In my experience, raw
sawdust doesn't stay in place unless you have an edging. Once it
rots, it is a marvelous seedbed for anything going. Used to use it
for filling paths. First year down it was soft and sort of spongy to
walk on and nothing much grew in it or was stunted if it did. 2nd
year, it packed down better, but had started rotting so more seeds
germinated in it. 3rd year and until I scraped it out into the
adjoining beds, it made a lovely mess of weeds to pull several times
a season. Does, eventually, rot down into marvelous humus.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Cheryl Isaak <cherylisaak@adelphia.net>
>
> #2
> During the massive cleanup, rearrange and de-junking that I have
been
> undertaking over the few weeks, I found some notes about using
> sawdust as an edging. (can't remember from where, no date either!)
> It was used to along the edge of a raised bed to provide spot to
run
> the mower along the edge.
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