Hmmm, let's see. Rake off the old mulch, spread compost as new mulch and toss the old into the compost bin. Sound OK?

I'm a little new to composting but what I did this season was rake up the old wood mulch, spread the compost on the bed, then cover again with the mulch. I just did sections at a time putting the mulch into 5 gallon buckets while I worked.

Val

Why waste your time and energy raking mulch off the bed. Simply put the compost over the mulch that was there and add more mulch.

The reasons I did it that way was because the wood mulch was pretty thick. If I had added compost then more mulch the stuff would have been spilling over onto the grass. Also, we've spent some major money on some home improvements this year already and I didn't want to have to buy more bags of wood mulch. I don't mind the expended energy if it saves me a little money. Guess I'm kind of "cheep" :-)