Mulch question

18 years ago

I'm bumping this portion of another post...:

Meanwhile, I do have a question. My daughter's newly-created plot is a very sandy loam with some added composted cotton burrs. Last night we went out and it looks like the Dust Bowl Days (can you imagine how downhearted those people had to have been???)...she obviously needs a good layer of mulch to hold her soil and moisture. What would be inexpensive and yet good for her to use? Her plot is 8 X 8, but only 10 plants - 2 watermelon, 2 tomato, 1 eggplant, and 5 peppers. My compost pile is smallish and new this year and still in process, so I don't think we'd benefit from pulling some of it out to use. I'm thinking maybe a trip back to the stables/horse fields where we got some composted manure for my use earlier in the spring?? They've got huge piles in the fields, so maybe we could get down under those for the best partially-composted sawdust and manure combo...any other thoughts?

Thanks!

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tomatomanbilly
18 years ago
Shankins,
Your dont need any advice, just the get up and go and the wherewithall to go get that good stuff.
Good Luck, Bill
shankins123
Original Author
18 years ago
Thanks, Bill! You're funny :)
I'd go back to that stable/field in a heartbeat...and may have to, by myself. Sadly, my daughter was (repeatedly)(sexually) harrassed there in earlier days and she has NO desire to run into the guy that did it...one of the stable managers...can't say that I blame her. If I see him, I'd like to kick some sense into him, but I don't think it would make any difference.
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Macmex
18 years ago
Also, if you can lay down some cardboard (with that good stuff on top), it really holds in the moisture and holds down the weeds.

George
susanlynne48
18 years ago
She could file charges against him, Shannon. My daughter went thru the same thing, and she filed charges. Guy went to jail.

Susan
okprairie
18 years ago
Shankins, I'm so sorry your daughter had to deal with that. Ugh.

For mulch, I use everything I can get my hands on - my neighbors' grass clipping and leaves, shredded paper, coffee grounds, etc. I agree with George about laying down cardboard (or newspaper) underneath the good stuff. I do that in between rows.

Clean straw is also a good mulch, if you have access.

Have you looked at the compost/soils/mulch forum? There's plenty of good advice and suggestions there.