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Offline Drilling Man

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My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« on: June 20, 2012, 02:25:12 PM »
  And growing fast!  These picts. are a few days old,
 
  Front garden,
 

 
  Back garden,
 

 
  All that mulch controls weeks, holds moisture and is food for next years plants!  AND, did i mention there's NO weeds??  lol
 
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2012, 03:43:50 PM »
What is the mulch?

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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2012, 04:00:31 AM »
  A mix grass from my food plots...
 
  I use what ever i can get, grass clipping/leaves from the townies or something i cut from my place out here.  I've been doing this for MANY years, and it works perfectly...
 
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2012, 05:03:21 AM »
Good looking gardens and layout!
 Any deer or rabbit problems?
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2012, 12:53:14 PM »
  I have no problems with deer eating anything in my gardens, even when they walk through them.
 
  I plant anything rabbits like in the front garden and as you can see, i have 16' pannels made up to put around it.  They are very easy to put up in the spring and take down in the fall.  I then store them under the eves of my little greenhouse, leaning on the wall.  It's a system that works perfectly and is very easy to use.
 
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2012, 01:27:01 PM »
8mm deer repellent?

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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2012, 02:18:39 PM »
I buy wheat straw every year.  Best to let it age a year and use it the second year.  I get some wheat germination but the summer heat soon kills it.  Makes nice black dir.  I also have a compose tumbler that I add to the garden mix.  I think the wheat straw is actually better than my kitchen compost.  My compost is often too wet.
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2012, 02:51:03 PM »
Quote from: Cheesehead on June 21, 2012, 01:27:01 PM
8mm deer repellent?

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  Naaaa, the deer around here have so much to eat, they just don't bother my gardens.
 
  I never worry about weed seeds, if you mulch heavy enough they will never be a problem.
 
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2012, 04:31:03 PM »
I think you should change your handle from Drilling Man, to Mulch Man.
 
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2012, 02:00:28 AM »
Quote from: longwinters on June 21, 2012, 04:31:03 PM
I think you should change your handle from Drilling Man, to Mulch Man.
 
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  Hey, maybe i should??  lol
 
  It just works so good,
 

 
  It's hard to believe everyone doesn't do it, especially those that have a lot of weed problems!
 

 
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2012, 04:40:39 AM »
That is a great looking setup!
That corn really looks healthy!
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2012, 04:58:13 AM »
good looking gardens DM er uh MM  ;)
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2012, 07:33:58 AM »
I just got my perennial garden and Indian garden mulched, It's always a great releaf when it is done. I don't worry about them drying out so much, and the weeds are far an few between. I plan to just keep the mulch in place full time on these gardens.
 
I doubled the size of the Indan garden this year, and you can really see the difference where the mulch has been in place for three years.
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2012, 07:52:05 AM »
indian garden??  is that what some call a three sisters garden?  Corn beans and squash.
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Re: My Gardens Are All Mulched In
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2012, 11:00:45 AM »
That's it. I don't really grow anything very worthwhile in it, dry field corn, dry pole beans and 4 kinds of squash. All of this stuff could be bought cheap, but I read a book called Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden. The book kind of inspired me to think differently about gardening. My Indian garden is becoming my favorite.
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