Grab some Birdies Raised Beds: https://bit.ly/34b9cZU Mulch is a gardener’s best friend, but sometimes it’s not the friendliest on the budget. There’s really NO need to buy mulch at garden centers or nurseries if you don’t want to. With a bit of creativity, you can learn how to mulch with cheap or free sources in your local area.
Wood chips, grass clippings, leaves, chipdrop, connecting with your local municipality, etc. All of these types of mulch are good options. In fact, some of these sources are the feature of popular gardening methods, like back to eden, the Ruth Stout method, etc.
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Mulch Basics – 0:00
Straw Bales – 1:34
Chipper Shredder – 3:12
Local Municipality – 4:02
ChipDrop – 5:37
Pine Needles – 8:10
Grass Clippings – 9:20
Autumn Leaves – 10:38
You are right about the other stuff and seeds being in the hay, but that is actually why it preferable actually. Straw has little nutrient density. Hay on the other hand is completely FULL of nutrient density and variety! Which is why it not only works fabulous for mulching, but also feeds your soil! You have to make sure you lay it thick enough. That is the trick. When it is too thin or sparse it allows light through which allows seed germination and weed growth. Thick enough it stops those issues and feeds the garden as is decomposes. Hope this helps 🙂 I think a lot of people look over this fact and are missing out as well as their gardens and plants 😉
Yeah, well, I've been on the Chip Drop and Asplundh lists for over 3 years now…still waiting.
Does poison ivy die after you mow it down with your grass? I am afraid to use it as a mulch because of the poison ivy.
I wouldn't want municipal wood chips or compost on my food garden. You cannot know if there are pesticides or even herbicides on the chips or in the compost or some other toxins or pollutants. Also, hay and straw is very likely to have pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilizer on them. I would not use those on my organic garden either. I rake up pine straw from a neighbor's pine forest and get "clean" wood chips for my brambles and the non-food garden areas from an arborist that I know would tell me if it was "clean" or not. Neither cost me anything.
You can use a vacuuming leaf blower with a metal impeller to suck up leaves into a bag that cuts them up into about half-inch pieces. It takes a little longer than blowing them, but you get perfect mulch or compost material.
The Autumn leaves are amazing. I have been collecting them for two years now, using them as mulch or composting them.
Not sure you would want the plain wood chips either, as it says they are made from dimensional lumber and pallets. Not an expert but my understanding is once you kiln dry wood most of the beneficial stuff has been removed
How about bamboo leaves?
The Filipino Mafia is real in this section
I didn't know you were filipino.
Can you use dried bamboo leaves? This would mostly be for keeping moisture in, than mulch.
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Bogervillain! Love your Videos!!!
You. Can talk to the workers when you see them cutting trees and ask them to contact you when they have a job and to tell you how much they have and even what kind of trees they cut down. You can also figure out what season it is to know if the trees are going to be very leafy or during the fall or after there will be no leafs
I live in Indonesia, we have a lot rain in the rainy season, i have intention of using paddy straw, i am just worried that it might get too wet rotten grow fungus then affect my plants growth. So when where and what condition we should use mulch?
Me before watching this: has 4 ponderosa pines that are a pain to clean up after Ugh! I have no reason to do this!!!
Me after hearing they make for great mulch: Okay! I'm gonna go clean up the pine needles for later use!
Does he always garden in his underwear
I have a rock yard but i want mulch in back part of my yard
How do i?
Bogan-vill-ia is how most of the world pronounces it, including the areas of the world that it comes from
Help this Filipino follower. Can I use corn husks as mulch for my strawberry? Salamat.
People Bag their leaves n put them on the curb for you in the city I work in. I just drive my truck n load the bed up. Plan on taking my trailer n loading it up to, I grow taters in my Leaves, I'm also using shredded paper to, it was free..
tires contain cadmium which is toxic so I have removed my tire garden
I found chipdrop here, worked great I filled 2 raised beds and started my new garden area for free
This is mental, I'm used to you Americans having all the cool stuff I see on youtube and want to buy. It's hilarious for me, an Australian, to be wanting your raised beds and hearing you say you had to buy a whole container full from us to sell made me so happy!
Ha. I didn't realise you couldn't get those raised beds in yankville. Guess I took them for granted.
A small straw bale is $13 here in Australia. Better to just get lucerne hay from Bunnings for the same price. You get around 50% more than a straw bale and it's certified.
You also forgot your local community garden. You have lots of people from your neighbourhood working together to make compost & mulch. Joining the local community garden means you meet your neighbours, can share experiences and tips, learn from more experienced gardeners and you get free compost and mulch for not just your community plot but your home as well. If you live in an apartment they also give you space to plant.