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Re[2]: pathways and mulch

     
     I have dug 3 feet wide by 3 foot deep trenches (3) between my beds 
     which I fill with a mixture (1:1) of mulch from the town and my first 
     cut grass clippings. Each year the trenches are emptied into the beds 
     prior to turning and the mulch/grass replaced. 
     
     I always keep one out of the 4 beds (10' x 4') out of the rotation and 
     plant clover, beans and hairy veltch (6:3:1). I also read somewhere 
     that adding your kitchen scraps directly to your soil instead of 
     composting builds up the soil faster (?). I am not sure that this is 
     correct, but this year my best guestament suggests that there were 
     more worms in this bed than the other three.
     
     The second paragraph is off the subject, but this practice has enabled 
     me to go from brick hard clay in the summer to beds which require 
     little effort when turning.
     
     Frank
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