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Grass Clippings as Mulch?I don't use grass clippings as mulch in my gardening recipes for several reasons.
© All articles are copyrighted by High Country Gardens. Republication is prohibited without Permission. Judging by some of the return e-mails regarding my remarks in May’s HCG E-Zine, there are more than a few gardeners who use grass clippings for mulch and are proud of it! Well, as they say, “different strokes for different folks.” Just as there are many different recipes to cook the same dish, many gardeners use their own favorite gardening techniques and design ideas to create their gardens. I don’t use grass clippings as mulch in my gardening recipes for several reasons.
If you thoroughly compost your grass clippings in with some other coarse organic materials like shredded leaves and finely chopped twigs and branches they will make a suitable mulching material. Composting clippings will help to breakdown these garden chemical with the help of soil microbes during the composting process. Adding the coarse materials helps fluff the grass so water and oxygen get through to the soil more easily. Maybe the answer is to do more composting before using grass clippings as yard mulch. |
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