You Maybe Mulching Wrong?

[@aaronhopkins6697]

G'day Marty, a tip for mulching is. Before you mulch the garden it's important to make sure that the soil is thoroughly hydrated. Then the new mulch layer can do it thing right from the start. As if when you add a layer of mulch on not so moist ground it takes a little while for it to start working. I've been utilising the no-dig, living green mulch now for a couple of years and it's getting better every year now. I also have been starting grow my own chook food in this last lot of rain. Tip #2. It's really cheap to buy all of your green mulch and bird seeds from your local supermarket from the pet food isle and the dried bean, peas lentils and other whole grains used for soups ect. You get a lot of seeds for very cheap, they grow very easily and the chickens will enjoy the fresh unsprayed grains and the garden will benifit from the living roots in the soil and the freshest green mulch if when you do a chop and drop. I hope this can be of great assistance for you and everyone else in these hard times we are in.

[@martysgarden]

Great advice Aaron, so true that soil needs to be hydrated before adding. I will try and remember mentioning that in future content. I like the concept of growing and sprouting greens, I have started to implement that also. We can always learn so much from each other. Appreciated Marty

[@aaronhopkins6697]

@@martysgarden yes I also have been gardening from an early age, and did my hort cert some twenty five years ago. And have been involved in horticulture in one form or another for most of my life.

[@aaronhopkins6697]

@@martysgarden I love watching your show and learning something new all the time is what gardening teaches us, and we can all learn something from each other. Have your chooks dried out yet ?

[@martysgarden]

@@aaronhopkins6697 still wet, but the coop is dry and also the bales they can get on top off to keep dry. Rain is supposed to stop this afternoon,,Good news as I have compost orders to fill

[@glenthompson23]

wise advice; great tips!

[@martysgarden]

Any tips you would like to add below about mulching? Me and the community would love to hear them.

[@AnthonyHarper1200]

Love your work, Brother, stay safe, love from Brissy

[@martysgarden]

Thanks mate, will do!

[@odonnellsaussiehomestead8257]

Interesting the bit about thinknes of mulch and climate, Marty 😮

[@martysgarden]

Cheers 🍻

[@ausfoodgarden]

Hey Marty, you mentioned grass clippings as mulch mats up and blocks the rain. If they are fully dried first, that doesn't seem to happen. I lay them out on concrete in the sun until they are dry. Having said that, I use mostly woodchip around my fruit trees and cane mulch in the annual beds. Making sure the soil is moist before adding mulch is pretty important too. Cheers!

[@martysgarden]

Thanks so much for sharing that information about drying the grass clippings.,great to know

[@sdebbied]

Great info Marty. We have flooding problems when it rains heavily here. Woodchip gets washed into our drains and blocks them. We find sugar cane mulch works better for us.

[@martysgarden]

Thanks for sharing this Deb, that's a good point that I never even thought of. It helps others who read the comments also make informative decisions

[@Music_projects]

Shredded bark mulch is a great grow medium and worms love it. But because it's shredded, it'll break down faster, but it'll Add nutrients to the soil to feed the soil. I've actually used corn cob bedding as mulch.Wendi phan on her channel used hemp as a mulch .

[@martysgarden]

Great tips there,,thanks a lot for sharing..I will keep an eye out for shredded bark!

[@Music_projects]

Your welcome, sawmills may some . Sometimes I get it from the stores here .

[@paullynds3]

Great info

[@martysgarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rickthelian2215]

Looks much drier😊

[@martysgarden]

Filmed this before the rain

[@spacemonkey-yj7ss]

took a while to work it out but when the penny dropped it seemed obvious. no substitute for experience. rain gone for a bit.

[@martysgarden]

I filmed this before the rain, she is still wet out there, unfortunately. But it's slowed up a little.

[@pinballwizard6906]

✌️😎

[@philcleaver2703]

Have you thought of making up an Ebook PDF with hyper links to issue within the index IMO would be a more tactical use of valuable time then hammer the sales donations onyour youtube

[@martysgarden]

Many creators use Patreon or Buy Me a Coffee,,,there is no pressure just if people want to. It helps when people join monthly and we have some who do and like to support us like this.

[@VOXGarden]

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[@eddieable]

Have you tried mulching with coffee chaffs? I recently gave it a go, and I do not recommend it lol. The chaffs matted up together, and ended looking like soggy wheetbix that had hardened up. How close do you mulch to the base of a new plant? Is it bad to get mulch into the dig hole of a new plant? I always see bits of sugar cane in the soil when I plant something new and it stresses me out, like it would interfere with the root development or something.

[@martysgarden]

I have it gets a hard crust as well,,,I used it to feed my worms in windrows on top and it crusted up