Mulch

COMPOSTER · June 25, 2013

I have created 3 new beds using wood mulch. 2 are about 3 inches of wood mulch on top of cardboard and news paper. I then put a 1/2 whisky barrel with a tomato plant on each them. They are segregated from my other tomato plants and I plan to save seeds from these plants. The 3rd was grass clippings mixed with year old leaves about 3 inches thick, then news paper on top of that and then 3-4 inches of wood chip mulch on top of the news paper. This area will probably get a few containers of plants also. At the very least these areas have created attractive areas for containers that add vertical diversity to the structures of my main garden area. At best they are going to be very fertil, productive beds in the future. At this point I have not used any high nitrogen material to hasten the composting of the wood mulch. All 3 areas were created with the intention of having wood mulch beds to plant in for 2014. I love using local available resources that others see as waste!

Glenn

June 25, 2013	#32
COMPOSTER Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Connecticut Posts: 252	I have created 3 new beds using wood mulch. 2 are about 3 inches of wood mulch on top of cardboard and news paper. I then put a 1/2 whisky barrel with a tomato plant on each them. They are segregated from my other tomato plants and I plan to save seeds from these plants. The 3rd was grass clippings mixed with year old leaves about 3 inches thick, then news paper on top of that and then 3-4 inches of wood chip mulch on top of the news paper. This area will probably get a few containers of plants also. At the very least these areas have created attractive areas for containers that add vertical diversity to the structures of my main garden area. At best they are going to be very fertil, productive beds in the future. At this point I have not used any high nitrogen material to hasten the composting of the wood mulch. All 3 areas were created with the intention of having wood mulch beds to plant in for 2014. I love using local available resources that others see as waste! Glenn