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ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDENING COMPOST
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Best type of mulch for a vegetable garden?
Hi.
I live in australia and it gets pretty hot here. I have had a veggie garden for a while now. Im going to buy some mulch today but I’m not sure which type. The soil is part manure, part loam, part sand and part organic compost. Im looking for somthing on the top to stop weeds and keep in moisture.
Somthing cheap and easy like sugar cane or straw… Any ideas would help.
A lot of materials are good for mulching. Straw works well and makes the garden look nice and neat. Also when they decompose they add organic matter to the garden. Do not use hay, which contain a lot of grass seeds. I have also used cardboard, Kraft paper and bark mulch. You can also use partly decomposed grass clippings if you don’t apply harmful chemicals to your lawn. Let the green clipping turn brown and then apply at the base of the beans, eggplants or pepper plants, they work fine too. Good luck and happy gardening!
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