If you try some of my mulching techniques (or Ruth Stout's,
or anyone's) and they don't quite work, don't dismiss the
method altogether. Instead, see if you can find out how to
change the way you use mulch to suit your own situation.
For example, if mulch seems to keep your soil too moist for
too long, perhaps you're applying too much too early. If
you garden in sandy soil, a conventional flat row garden
may be a better idea than raised beds. If insects become a
problem in your mulched garden, the kind of mulch
you're using could be to blame—or (even more likely)
perhaps the cause is entirely unrelated to mulch.
[Editor's Note: Some type of mulch are used to
fight pests. A deep mulch of leaves, straw or hay
discourages potato and cucumber beetles; sharp sand repels
slugs.]
RELATED CONTENT
I think the advantages of using mulch—not the least
of which are less labor, a longer season, more control over
soil conditions and a garden that improves year after
year—are well worth a little trial and error.
RECOMMENDED READING
Books by Ruth Stout:
The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book (Rodale, $9.95).
Gardening Without Work (Cornerstone, $1.95).
How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back
(Exposition, $7.50).
Other Useful Books:
No-Dig,
No-Weed Gardening by Raymond Poincelot (Rodale,
$10.95).
Jeff Ball's 60-Minute Garden by Jeff' Ball (Rodale,
$9.95).
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