Mulching 101: Here Is Your Comprehensive Guide To Mulching! Mulching is easy and basically involves simply covering the bare soil of your garden in and around your plants with an organic shredded mixture.
This mix can be anything from green grass clippings to shredded leaves to coarse straw mixes of those components and much more. As easy as the mulch is to obtain, its even easier to apply. Simply place liberally in and around all your favorite veggie plants in a layer around 2 inches thick. Nothing gets easier than that, and most entire gardens can be mulched in less than 20 minutes.
But why do we mulch? The reasons are many, but check out the video for my top 3 reasons to mulch your veggie garden every year to ensure you are growing the best crops possible.
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Good ideas! Is using pine bark ok, I had a bag around yesterday an put it on all my containers yesterday, if it’s bad I can take it off!?
i'm hitting the like button before i even see the video!
Great advice. What do you do with the mulch after the growing season is over? Put compost over them or move them to compost bin?
We can't use our grass clippings — there is so much ajuga and clover, marsh marigold — even hemlock and other stuff in our lawn. I can't trust straw from the farms as there is a risk of hayseed in it which totally overran one year's garden. Did coconut hulls one year, that was ok, but it doesn't break down as fast for next years' beds and it does mold over on humid days.
Thanks for all your tips on back yard gardening this is my first time and I'm not doing so well with it but I will by watching your channel
Waw its a helpfull
Unfortunately you may have to watch out for Aminopyralids in sprayed hay and straw nowadays
I have just started using mulch and loving it. I would like to use grass , but am concerned about weed seeds.
God bless your heart,thank you ,from Ontario Canada
Mulching also is a disease control. Great video! Also helps fertilize your plants. I am binge watching your videos!
Great Video – can you use pine needles from the forest floor?
Thanks for the video I was getting overwhelmed. By the weeds and hand picking them. Mulching this week. First small vegetable garden.
Aren't the newspaper and the ink toxic?
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thanks for the info jam,,,now i know the reason why my plants don't grow d way i'd expected, I'll tyr mulching method thanks again
Can you do a video on fertilizers like 10-10-10 and best practices for using them? I’ve always gone without fertilizers because I fear damaging the plants and I don’t know which brands work the best. If you use fertilizers, does that make the veggies inorganic?
What is a good mulch to use on strawberries, besides straw? Thanks
Great vid. Thanks.
The six dislikes are the weeds lol
If I don’t use grass clippings what would you suggest next ?and then do I have to remove the mulch after the gardening season.Love all the videos.Thanks so much,Mary
What mulch can I add to my veggie garden (cucumbers, squash)? Something I can buy from the store..
First, thank you so much for your videos. As a first time gardener I have learned so much from you. My question about mulching is, can I use forest mulch in my garden? I have a fair-sized section of my property that is woodland and so there's a lot of mulching material right there. I would love to be able to use that as I don't have much grass.
verry good
I have a question!
Fist well done amazing videos:)))
Can I ask how to know when to water the plants when it’s been mulched?
How to don’t overwater or underwear?
Best wishes
Amazing channel
Niki
Very informative!!
Can I use pine needle to mulch my pepper plants, worry about soil ph change
Can I use peat moss as mulch? Thank you
Thanks!