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Salaam · September 5, 2017

Thanks, yes, I suppose a long strip is an option.

I don't use straw because I haven't readily found it around here. I've used pine mulch only so far for my vegetable beds, but I'm going to the fabric because I don't want to go and buy a yard of pine mulch and spread it out every year, and I worry about what putting down pine mulch (or straw) every year might do to the soil balance.

I hope to be able to put in my compost and manure and lay down the fabric in fall, so that in the spring I just need to plant.

September 5, 2017	#134
Salaam Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 128	Thanks, yes, I suppose a long strip is an option. I don't use straw because I haven't readily found it around here. I've used pine mulch only so far for my vegetable beds, but I'm going to the fabric because I don't want to go and buy a yard of pine mulch and spread it out every year, and I worry about what putting down pine mulch (or straw) every year might do to the soil balance. I hope to be able to put in my compost and manure and lay down the fabric in fall, so that in the spring I just need to plant.