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MULCH + LIVING MULCH

Plants make the best mulch aka living mulch, but there are times for good old mulchy mulch too!

Living mulch FAQ's

MULCH + LIVING MULCH

Living mulch FAQ's

I'm so excited for all the living mulch questions. I've been getting so many I figured an FAQ page is called for.

How to Mulch Your Vegie Patch

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How to Mulch Your Vegie Patch

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The Healthy Soil Project #3: Plant power

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How To Mulch Fruit Trees

OM is Your Gardens Guardian Angel

OM is Your Gardens Guardian Angel

Gathering organic matter (OM for short), is an awesome garden habit! With a variety of ready to use matter at hand, you are only 10minutes away from creating a new garden bed, mulching, making a compost pile or revitalising tired soil - no shopping required! Collect OM in a little + often,

Resist Rushing into Summer Crops! Sow a Living Mulch Instead

Resist Rushing into Summer Crops! Sow a Living Mulch Instead

Game on! It's the great summer-crop wait out! Has your garden hit the tomato, pumpkin, bean or corn planting sweet spot? If not, I'm sending you the strength to resist rushing in! The day is coming, my friend. As the air slowly warms, the soil

3 Ways To A Living Mulch

MULCH + LIVING MULCH

3 Ways To A Living Mulch

Living mulch (covering the soil with plants), is the most nourishing mulch of all. A soil covered with plants is alive! Living on and in and around plant roots is a diversity of soil life forms - fungi, nematodes, protozoa, bacteria, arthropods and of course worms, these team up with plants

The Genius of Living Mulch

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The Genius of Living Mulch

Living mulch (covering the ground with plants) has all the same benefits as mulch (leaves, hay, woodchip et all), but with bonuses. Plants bring the x factor because they have roots, and on, in and around those roots live soil microbes. Soil microbes are the heart and soul of awesome

MULCH + LIVING MULCH

Homemade Mulch

And by mulch I mean any old thing, don’t go mortgaging your house for fancy store bought stuff. In the absence of garden waste (which I find hard to believe – there are always things to prune or weed) there will be an old blanket lurking in the shed, a