Why to Mulch and Best Natural Mulches

Thank you so much for your valuable words

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It works for me. Maybe you could try Belgium beer. They really know how to brew a good beer. 😊😅

Use a bit of beer on a plate. The slugs love it and they'll do it first and then your garden. Put the beer in a plate covered by an upside funnel so they can't get out. In the morning you feed them to the birds. That's eco gardening. Success.😊😂

Tengo entendido que el uso de chips de madera crea desequilibrio en el suelo, pues habrá más hongos que bacterias para lograr descomponer esa madera.
Yo arruine una huerta al agregar aserrín de madera, se veía hermosa pero después no me creció nada. Los forraje ricos en selulosa son mejores que los ricos en lignina que está precente en árboles adultos.
Saludos desde Costa Rica.

hegdehogs/ducks do the best job against slugs. Night shift/day shift.

thank you

I use coffee bean bags for my paths ... I get them for free from Kicking Horse Coffee in Invermere BC

But mulching blocks the attraction of the sun to the dark soil . . . if you mulch the soil takes longer to warm up and germination happens when the seed warms up

Wow! What great value, content and amazing tips. And a lovely presentational style. A whole package of goodies and goodness. Lol. Thanks lots. We appreciate your hard work and sharing of your knowledge and wisdom 🌿

Instead of leaves can you use tea? I don’t have leaves, but I got some tea.

Crimson clover you recommended and I'm in Columbus OH and love it.
Question?
If I save the flowers... I'm hopefully will be able to use as seeds this fall I'm using in my garden walk ways.
..." Mulch volcano ". Lady you just described Grove City Ohio.. They have mulch volcanoes on everything.Mulch volcano land it is.
Just thanks for the many improvements you have helped me.
You need to improve my cooking again let's get cooking..

Is 3 year old horse manure good as a mulch

hat is to expensive!use grass it all works

This was a very helpful video for me! We moved into a new (to us) home last summer that had huge, totally bare front flower beds. At the start of fall I weeded and mulched them heavily with native hardwood mulch. This spring I’ve found almost everything that I plant in those beds looks stunted and unhealthy. I’m thinking it’s because of the nitrogen getting tied up by the mulch, as you described.

Another mulch related video I’d love to see that I’ve never heard talked about anywhere - when you have reseeding annuals, when do you mulch so that you aren’t smothering out the annuals, but still suppressing some weeds and retaining moisture??

Where are you doing this.??

Could I mulch with an entire layer of lawn I just removed from a patch near my garden? Could the grass grow back in its new spot?

Do you run a drip system for your raised beds?

Do you wait a few years before using your mulched leaves so they don’t blow away?

Can you mix grass clippings and leaves in a garbage can?

Two years ago we did chip drop and still have some mulch left. My husband started putting in a bed and he noticed a ton of grubs. How do we get rid of them? Thank you!

I have covered my garden with fresh leaves every fall for years and by August most leaves are gone. The reason for this I believe is because of the high population of earthworms that has developed.

I just this last week, living in the country, had the people who trim the trees around power lines come through. They came onto the small parcel of land I own and trimmed the hardwood trees and ran them through their wood chipper. I asked what they were going to do with them and the guy said they give it away to get rid of it. But he said he promised the load he had to another woman. Then he said he would bring me the next load. The very next evening he showed up with a big truck full of mulch and dumped it right where I needed it. He then said he would bring me another load if I wanted. I took him up on it, so now I have enough mulch to keep me busy for a while.

This one is so packed with info. I learned a lot of new info and affirmed what we are already doing in our area.

Lawns = Greenhouse gases + Global Warming + Chemical runoff into water. Sorry, just a fact.

Yes!! ..Breaking leaves down before piling them for a future compost pile is important. Otherwise it takes three years before the leaves are completely composted. ..Maple leaves are the very best for composting.

Pine needles work while letting oxygen and water in. Acidify the soil has never affected my plants

My favorite mulch is whatever I have on hand. I will use wood chips if I can catch a tree cutter with a full load. But more consistently, I use the mulch from cleaning out my goat barn and my henhouse each spring. I will use bales of hay that have been left out (alfalfa), grass clippings, or wood chips from the farm store if I have an urgent need to be quick.

Thanks for sharing 👍

Spring is slowly springing in Southeast Wisconsin. Last growing season I used animal bedding as mulch in my raised beds and it was great...hardly any watering and weeds....what weeds? Question, now that I am prepping my beds and turning over soil, can I turn last years animal bedding mulch over into the soil or should I remove it before turning over the soil. I wonder how the bedding might affect the chemical balance of the soil. Your insight is always appreciated. Thanks

yes i use leaves to protect plants…this year i put a heavy layer where i know it will be muddy in spring, it did help!

i started chopping leaves, i use a vacuum leaf chopper tool…and then spread it out, mostly i started doing it to add organic matter to my planting beds…and it’s an easy leaf disposal…
then i started seeing videos on this subject….here i thought i was this odd ball…nope, others are doing this!
i found my friends! 😂

Excellent, complete guide to mulch hopefully more people will join us in this practice of organic gardening!

Thank you for all your advice. I have just had an argument with my wife as she doesn't like me putting broken down leaves onto the garden. She said it is only for helping the type of soil and doesn't add anything to the soil and also that it hides slugs ans snails who eat the plants. After listening to this I am more inclined to stick to my guns but for the sake of a good marriage I have to find that place of love which is more difficult than the science of gardening.

Your super hot, where do women like you grow?

Brilliant informative video. Thank you. Wish you were my neighbour.

BRF bois rameal fragmente/Rameal fragmented sampling branches....

2 inches of wood chips every two years slightly scraped in soil will provide tremendous amount of N,P,K and oligo elements too. Don't dig, just top and fresh clippings for complementary N, no hunger...

Excellent video on mulching! I was going to buy straw for my raised beds, but now I’m going to save loads of money by using grass clippings and decomposed leaves for mulching. Thank you!

Have you ever tried Pine straw?

can you use green leaves from a tree as mulch for plants

thanks very informative

How do you feel about using fabric to stop weeds in a garden?

Got straw bales about 4/5 months ago been setting in the weather , thinking of trying to mow it to break it down into smaller size . Then disk it into the top 3/4 inches and plant clover ( cover crop mix ) . Clay patch does not hold water well and drys out bad . All compost I have will be used in another garden . Will the cover crop grow in it or should I leave the straw out ?

I have to THANK YOU Jenna! Starting a NEW garden spot in a home just moved to. Didn't want to go buy expensive colored mulch at a local landscaper, Hundreds$$$ delivered - I'm also in Ohio, county road crews are out cleaning out overgrown roadsides. They were right across road from my place with HUGE wood chipper & dump truck chips going into. Bravely asked the guys "where do you take those chips?" I got them to GIVE THEM to me - helps them, helps me - they'll dump right next to my compost pile. So NOW I'll have probably all I need for new garden. Looked into that free service you talked about, but was worried I'd end up with 20-40 yards and didn't need/want that. This will probably be 8 yards worth of mixed hardwoods, shrubs/bushes. So glad I asked.

Nitrogen isn't tied up in the soil from woodchips only on the garden surface.

I call bullshit on the watering your beds only 3 to 4 times in a year. Must rain there a lot

I have always been in search of a gardening channel that explains things and shares the same garden zone. Yours is the perfect fit! Love your channel!! Thank you for all the hard work you put into it! - Carmen in northern Indiana!

I take it you don’t plough or till every year? Obviously I’m a newby here!