Garden Gurus: Gneed Gnosis!
OK. We've poked around on the Intertangles and have not found the kernel of info that I want to find: What top mulch should I put on my veggie garden? Various websites go into the relative benefits/costs of different mulch material, but there are various obstacles:
I have gained a tiny modicum of experience gardening over the last two summers, but I still have much to learn. I've never mulched, really. I think last summer I spread some good compost from a bag I bought at the home improvement store around some of my plants. Did it work? I dunno.
Straw? Is straw the best choice? Where do you buy straw here, in Sacramento?
Argh. I wish I had grown up on a farm. That would make all this stuff second-nature to me.
- don't have an oak tree
- don't have composted leaves
- don't have buckets of coffee grounds
- never have seen buckwheat hulls for sale anywhere
- don't trust my grass clippings to not have weed seeds in it
- have plenty of needles from my conifer trees, but I don't know if that will make my garden soil too acidic for veggies
- not interested in plastic or landscaping fabric--too much work
I have gained a tiny modicum of experience gardening over the last two summers, but I still have much to learn. I've never mulched, really. I think last summer I spread some good compost from a bag I bought at the home improvement store around some of my plants. Did it work? I dunno.
Straw? Is straw the best choice? Where do you buy straw here, in Sacramento?
Argh. I wish I had grown up on a farm. That would make all this stuff second-nature to me.