Entries Tagged as 'straw'
Why buy bedding for chicks at the store when you can make it yourself? As a gardener back in the District of Columbia this Flowtron “leaf eater” was one of my favorite tools. Aside from the goofy name, it did a great job of turning fallen leaves into a component for compost that I could […]
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March 10th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
I like to mulch with straw. Straw gives the garden a natty look, like the gardener really knows what he’s doing. Ha! And really I should have mulched my garlic beds when I planted them last fall. But I haven’t been particularly thrilled with straw mulch around garlic. It seems like the weeds always manage […]
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